| Viejas Pulls Out Of State Gaming Alliance. An exodus of Indian tribes from a powerful state gambling alliance began yesterday with the surprise defection of a big San Diego County tribe that was hosting the group's annual meeting. The Viejas band joined at least five other tribes that submitted letters of resignation to the California Nations Indian Gaming Association, known as CNIGA. Thirty-one other tribes either failed to pay dues by yesterday's deadline or did not show up at the gathering, a CNIGA spokeswoman said. James P. Sweeney, Copley News Service, Union Tribune, 12-6-02 And on the other side of town, the not-so charismatic Donald, is still trying to refinance; Wall Street is not so easily charmed by Trump as by Wynn. Still, The Donald has had time to make a run at the last license in the Chicago area and add a little Riviera stock to his portfolio. He may be a step behind Steve in charm but not in energy to pursue his own casino dream. Trump may not wish to influence the Riviera, but he is sitting just two blocks away, waiting for Steve to open his dream. A meeting of the dreams? A duel in the desert? Trump Planning $470 Million Debt Sale In Jan. Casino and real estate mogul Donald Trump will make a second attempt at selling $470 million in bonds in January, after shelving the sale last May, as he tries to raise money to refinance debt coming due next year. Dena Aubin, Yahoo Business, Reuters, 12-27-02 Four More Towns Hope To Bring Casino To Area. Four towns have joined the effort to bring a Donald Trump-operated casino to Crestwood. Markham, Midlothian, Ford Heights and Phoenix (Illinois) have signed on with seven other communities, Blue Island Mayor Donald Peloquin said after the group met Wednesday night. Brent Watters, Daily Southtown, 12-19-02 Trump boosts his stake in Riviera ownership to 10%. Donald Trump increased his personal stake in a Las Vegas Strip casino company to 10 percent, he disclosed Friday. …Trump said Friday that he has no plans to buy the company or exert influence over it. … Riviera Holdings owns the 2,100-room Riviera casino hotel in Las Vegas and the Riviera Black Hawk Casino in Black Hawk, Colo. The Las Vegas Riviera is located two blocks from Steve Wynn's Le Reve… Joe Weinert, The Press of Atlantic City, 12-28-02 Blame It On The Rio -- the one in Las Vegas, that is -- for jump-starting an entertainment trend of dress-to-thrill nightspots that have become as ubiquitous as belly-buster buffets in Sin City. The all-suites casino-hotel on Flamingo Avenue just west of the Strip opened Club Rio and the VooDoo Lounge in the early 1990s, targeting a young-adult clientele that Vegas had simply been ignoring. But there was no ignoring the long line of twenty-somethings that snaked through the casino waiting to get in to the Rio's dance club, and other hotels quickly followed suit. …Now, the Rio, where it all started, is trying to take the lead again with a club that represents a stark departure from the slinky pretentiousness of the chichi hot spots to something both more casual and, quite frankly, risque. BiKiNiS at the Rio, the latest entry in the highly competitive scramble for the Vegas club crowd, has a South Beach theme. In keeping with that theme, waitresses wear, what else, bikinis and a filmy sarong. Bill Ordine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 12-30-02 And for a little touch of irony. Dennis Gomes first became famous in Nevada for leading the Nevada regulators' charge against organized crime. Gomes, through his relentlessness, diligence and attention to detail broke the back of the infamous Stardust scam and ushered in the era of internal controls. Today, Dennis is an operator in Atlantic City and for the next year, leading the gaming industry in its lobbying efforts to reduce the burdensome level of regulation in New Jersey. Aztar Exec Ready To Lead N.J. Casino Association. Property-tax hikes, streamlined regulations and more political clout - and the unexpected. Dennis Gomes said he's prepared to tackle it all as incoming president of the Casino Association of New Jersey, trade group for the city's $4.6 billion gaming industry. …Gomes said a chief goal is to avoid another hike in the city property tax. …Gomes wants to push gaming regulators for faster approvals of slot machines and gaming equipment. The pace of technology advances is causing rapid changes, further burdening the Division of Gaming Enforcement's famously slow approvals process. … Gomes said he'd like to see the industry put its financial and human clout to work in politics. Casinos are barred from contributing to local and state campaigns, a rule Meanwhile, as The Donald struggles with financing and trying to make a profit, sneaks in Nevada's back door and tries to get Illinois last license, Steve is drooling in Macau and dreaming in Las Vegas. |
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