The Deal
Wednesday, November 25, 
8:25 pm

Entries tagged "casinos"

Las Vegas Sands hopes for IPO jackpot

The Las Vegas Sands plans an initial public offering of the company's Macau casinos on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.


Taking Trump Entertainment private is a risky bet

If Donald Trump is looking for a challenging assignment for the contestants on his "Apprentice" television show, here's one: How about putting together a plan to turn around his financially strapped Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., which operates casinos in Atlantic City, N.J.? The task would be an enormous undertaking and one solution that Trump himself is considering by taking the company private, according to the Financial Times....


Dealwatch: Donald Trump

Nearly seven months after the latest attempt to sell Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. fell apart, Trump Entertainment has another deal: plans to sell the Trump Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City to Coastal Marina LLC, an affiliate of Coastal Development LLC, for $316 million. ...


Roll Call: Trump casinos for sale

One or more of the three Trump casinos in Atlantic City, N.J., could be sold if the right deal presents itself, CEO Mark Juliano said. Who wants to gamble on buying one of Trump's troubled casinos? For more check out NJ.com. - Maria Woehr...


Goldman Sachs affiliate bags Icahn casinos

Icahn Enterprises LP said Thursday that it had closed on the $1.2 billion sale of four Nevada casinos -- including the Stratosphere Casino Hotel & Tower on the Las Vegas strip -- to Goldman, Sach & Co.'s Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund. ...


Dealwatch: Harrah's

The $17 billion buyout of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. closed in January 2008, nearly a year after the original take-private agreement with Apollo Management LP and TPG was announced and despite media speculation the deal might not close because of trouble in the debt markets. ...


A bright idea

Back in 2001, California’s energy problems figured prominently in the recall of a governor—Democrat Gray Davis—and the scandal surrounding an energy giant—pariah Enron Corp. Now, state Assemblyman Lloyd Levine is getting serious about preventing future shortages by sponsoring a bill to ban the use of incandescent light bulbs. By some measures, switching to more efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs would save enough power to offset the increased demand from electric cars. Nonetheless, the proposal leaves several questions unanswered, chief among them: What kind of bulb appeared above Levine’s head when he got the idea?—Jeffrey Kanige See story from Cnet See story...



Top tags

You have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "casinos." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
The Deal Pipeline

Deal Video


Inside The Deal: AlixPartners' Steve Deedy on Black Friday, the holiday season and retail bankruptcies.


More video...

Crisis On Wall Street
Technology
Deals of The Decade

Community

Industry Insight

REIT IPO deja vu

Real estate sponsors that might wish to undertake an IPO will need to consider a wide variety of issues and begin to take action long before the first filing with the SEC.


Industry Insight

Loan-to-buy

Paulson's proposal to purchase an equity stake in Yellow Pages publisher Idearc is the second time in recent months an investor group has used its prepetition debt position to execute a bargain price 'exit LBO.'


Industry Insight

Managing your shareholder base

Growth companies and their PE sponsors should be wary of the pitfalls that arise when they layer on tiers of preferred stock.



©Copyright 2008, The Deal, LLC. All rights reserved. Please send all technical questions, comments or concerns to the Webmaster.