美国赌场运营商 凯撒娱乐公司 has announced that it is to retain ownership of three properties in the Midwestern state of 印地安那 as well as an associated trio of off-track betting facilities.
这家总部位于拉斯维加斯的公司使用 周四的官方新闻稿 to detail that the pronouncement comes after an earlier order from the jurisdiction’s casino regulator was recently amended following a change in circumstances. The company divulged that this previous edict from the Indiana Gaming Commission was to have obliged it to offload a third of its casino assets in ‘The Hoosier State’ as part of the formal regulatory approval of its 2020 merger with smaller rival 埃尔多拉多度假村公司.
Affected trio:
汤姆·里格 担任首席执行官 凯撒娱乐公司 and he used the press release to disclose that the change of heart will leave his firm free to continue owning and operating the state’s 马蹄哈蒙德, 印第安纳盛大赛马场和赌场 和 Hoosier Park Racing and Casino venues in addition to off-track betting parlors in the communities of 新天堂, 克拉克斯维尔 和 印第安纳波利斯.
阅读雷格的声明……
“We are confident that our continued operating of 马蹄哈蒙德 is in the best interest of our team members, guests, the Hammond community and the state of 印地安那. We believe that maintaining our strong customer and employee relationships at Horseshoe Hammond makes the property best positioned for a strong and exciting future设立的区域办事处外，我们在美国也开设了办事处，以便我们为当地客户提供更多的支持。“
Altered interests:
In its report on the matter and Gambling Insider revealed 
该 印第安纳州博彩委员会 had inserted the disposal clause into July’s authorization due to fears that Caesars Entertainment Incorporated could end up controlling a mammoth 60% of the state’s casinos following its merger with 埃尔多拉多度假村公司。 然而， 这个来源 explained that these concerns have since become mute following the recent signing of deals that are to see the 内华达 company offload its 凯撒南印第安纳 enterprise to the federally-recognized 切诺基印第安人东部乐队 and sell its 埃文斯维尔康纳酒店 业务到 巴利公司.
本地支持：
The change of heart reportedly furthermore came after the mayor for the city of 哈蒙德, 托马斯·麦克德莫特, sent a letter to the Indiana Gaming Commission in which he asserted that keeping Horseshoe Hammond under the ownership of Caesars Entertainment Incorporated was in the best interests of his community and the wider region. The 52-year-old Democrat purportedly described the 400,000 sq ft property as a ‘优质产品’ holding a ‘nationally known and recognizable name’ that regularly attracts visitors from across northwestern Indiana and the neighboring state of 伊利诺伊.
Reportedly read the correspondence from McDermott…
“随着 a Chicago license and a south suburban licence location in the process of being finalized in Illinois over the next several months or years at most, now it is even more important to shore up the competitive advantage we have at our gaming location in Hammond, which as you know, sits a mere stone’s throw from the 芝加哥 border.”
