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New Chamonix Casino & Hotel in Cripple Creek to host hiring event in Colorado Springs

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (KRDO)-- The new Chamonix Casino and Hotel in Cripple Creek will be hosting a job fair this week ahead of its grand opening on December 26. The hiring event will be held on Wednesday, November 8, from 3-7 p.m., at Weidner Field's McDivitt Club located at 111 W. Cimarron Street in Colorado Springs. Attendees will need to enter…
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New Chamonix Casino & Hotel in Cripple Creek to host hiring event in Colorado Springs
The Intelligencer

Casinos broke their promise to Illinois

This was an act of self-interest. But that wasn't the language Weidner used. Instead, he argued that any such casino would run contrary to the intent of the Illinois legislature, which had justified its approval of gambling in Illinois by arguing that these new riverboats would revive the downtowns of communities that were demonstrably struggling…
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The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

COLUMNIST: How casinos broke their promises to the struggling downtowns of Illinois

Back in 1992, William Weidner, then president of Hollywood Casino of Aurora Inc., set out to Springfield to kill then-Mayor Richard M. Daley's plans for a $2 billion mega-casino in downtown Chicago. Weidner and other members of what was known as the "riverboat alliance" were worried that any such facility in Chicago would suck away business from…
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Chicago Tribune

How casinos broke their promises to the struggling downtowns of Illinois

Back in 1992, William Weidner, then president of Hollywood Casino of Aurora Inc., set out to Springfield to kill then-Mayor Richard M. Daley's plans for a $2 billion "mega-casino" in downtown Chicago. Weidner and other members of what was known as the "riverboat alliance" were worried that any such facility in Chicago would suck away business from…
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How casinos broke their promises to the struggling downtowns of Illinois
Casino News Daily

Continued litigation on US$12B claim against Las Vegas Sands in Macau

In an ongoing saga that would be of paramount interest to any aspiring screenwriter, a lead accountant for Las Vegas Sands recently told a court in Macau that the alleged value of a claim filed in 2019 and dating back to actions and decisions as far back as 2001 is "exaggerated" and unjustified from an accounting perspective. Taiwan businessman…
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Continued litigation on US$12B claim against Las Vegas Sands in Macau
World Casino News

Integrated casino resort schedule from Wakayama Prefecture

In Japan and the government for Wakayama Prefecture has reportedly announced that it intends to have agreed a draft development plan for its envisioned integrated casino resort before the end of November. According to a report from GGRAsia, the jurisdiction named Clairvest Neem Ventures Company Limited as the preferred operating partner for its…
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Integrated casino resort schedule from Wakayama Prefecture