1 casino suitor gives up on Orange Co. - 2004-02-18
A second casino company has left the running for the Orange County casino.

Park Place Entertainment, which runs the Caesars Indiana casino in Harrison County, has withdrawn its application. In a news release, company officials said Park Place would probably not have gotten a large enough return on its investment in French Lick.

The decision leaves just three bidders for the state's 11th riverboat: Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts, a group lead by Indiana Pacers executive Larry Bird and a group lead by former Indiana State Police Sgt. Craig Adolph. In December, Jacobs Entertainment, based in Black Hawk, Colo., withdrew its application for the Orange County casino.
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Government considering purchase of hotel-casino near Hoover Dam - 2004-02-18
The federal government wants to purchase and close a hotel-casino neighboring Hoover Dam with funds earmarked for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands, and the owners say they might be willing to sell.

The Hacienda hotel-casino on U.S. 93 is one of 33 parcels listed by the federal Bureau of Land Management for a fifth round of land purchases under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998.
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