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- Hard Rock unveils $800 million casino proposal for Mass. fairgrounds
Hard Rock International announced on Friday its proposal to build a casino at the Eastern States Exposition fairgrounds in West Springfield, Mass. The company has already submitted a $400,000 application fee to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission as part of the casino application process. The $800 million gaming facility, which would include a hotel, would house 125 tables games and up to 3,000 slot machines. Boston Herald
(1/11)
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- Boyd Gaming pleased it acquired Peninsula Gaming, exec says
Officials of Boyd Gaming on Friday took a tour of the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kan. The permanent building of the gaming facility fully opened last month. "It was the crown jewel of the portfolio and of the acquisition," said Keith Smith, president and CEO of Boyd. Smith also said the company is happy about its $1.45 billion acquisition of Peninsula Gaming. "What made it right was diversity of properties," Smith said. "Markets that we weren't in. So it was a great geographic fit for us." American City Business Journals/Wichita, Kan./BizTalk blog
(1/13)
- Business owners want hotel near Hollywood Casino Columbus
Owners of establishments near Ohio's Hollywood Casino Columbus say a hotel in the area of the gaming facility would help boost business. Bob Tenenbaum, spokesman for casino owner Penn National, said that there is a plan to build a hotel at the site but that the development has no timetable. "More people stick around with a hotel. Get that area to be a destination as opposed to a three-hour visit," said James Schimmer, Franklin County's economic-development director. The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
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- New promotion aims to keep customers at 3 Seminole casinos
The Seminole casinos in Broward County, Fla., have combined their marketing efforts to keep customers lingering at the three gaming facilities. The new cross-casino promotion includes the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Seminole Casino Coconut Creek and Seminole Casino Hollywood Classic. "We talked to them about prizes, and at least in surveys our players answered questions that led us to this strategy of putting the 'Big 3' together," said Jeffrey Hook, the Seminoles' vice president of marketing. Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
(1/11)
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