Harrah's Horseshoe agreement is rescued at last -- again - 2004-03-12 The three-way agreement to sell the defunct Binion's Horseshoe Casino and Hotel finally shut down last week despite an 11th hour proposal to buy some of the land on which the downtown casino sits.
O'Donnell's proposal was a mere $5,000 above the price given by West Virginia-based casino operator MTR Gaming Group to buy the land, but the last minute tender met the least legal requirements, thereby threatening to scuttle the complex multi-million dollar agrement to reopen the Horseshoe and save roughly 900 jobs. Read the full story at Las Vegas Business Press
Report insists gaming is head for minority jobs - 2004-03-12 If the country is serious regaring providing better jobs to women and visible minorities, then society can get further beyond by merely getting behind the gaming trade.
The study, titled "2003 Gaming Industry Diversity Snapshot," was commissioned by the American Gaming Association (AGA) and contrasts the gender and racial composition of casino employees with the national workforce as well as the workforce in both the amusement/recreation and hospitality trades and the total workforce in the same 11 states where commercial casinos run. Read the full story at Las Vegas Business Press
