“We’re trying to let the community know that we are here and we are here to stay for a while.” — ominous words from Glenn Koehler, Columbia Sussex‘s director of the Horizon casino-hotel in Lake Tahoe. Landlord Park Cattle Co. thought it was rid of longtime nemesis ColSux when it settled a lawsuit in return for a huge cash payment and an expedited termination of the Horizon’s lease, then held by Tropicana Entertainment. The latter then turned around and — surprise! — sold the Horizon lease to ColSux, putting it back in bed with Park Cattle. Oh, and after the parent company got run out of New Jersey and Indiana by casino regulators, how did ColSux subsidiary LV Casino get a Nevada gaming license?
