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#1

Aztar, and the Ramada Express have been in play for a buyer now for several
weeks. It appears to it down to two suiters. Of course the main pie piece is
in Vegas, the Trop.

This week's Sun had an article. Here is a blurb:

Aztar employees should prefer Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment and its
imaginative top executive Dan Lee to emerge as the winning bidder.
Kentucky-based Columbia Sussex owns a collection of second-rate and castoff properties in
its casino portfolio, while Pinnacle already has built the best property in
Lake Charles, La. and will eventually operate the best properties in the St.
Louis area.
Jeff Simpson is business editor of the Las Vegas Sun
    
So is the River Palms second-rate? Maybe Econo-class, but so are most of the
joints in Laughlin. But I will root for Pinnacle just for diversity.

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#2

Boy, that sure sounds like a slam against Columbia Sussex. I am not
so sure all those properties such as Caesars Tahoe, Westin Casuarina
are all that second rate. I returned earlier this week from visiting
one of those wonderful Pinnacle properties- Boomtown Reno. Ah, not so
nice. I would put the River Palms a notch higher than Boomtown.

Aztar, and the Ramada Express have been in play for a buyer now for

several

weeks. It appears to it down to two suiters. Of course the main

pie piece is

in Vegas, the Trop.

This week's Sun had an article. Here is a blurb:

Aztar employees should prefer Las Vegas-based Pinnacle

Entertainment and its

imaginative top executive Dan Lee to emerge as the winning bidder.
Kentucky-based Columbia Sussex owns a collection of second-rate and

castoff properties in

its casino portfolio, while Pinnacle already has built the best

property in

Lake Charles, La. and will eventually operate the best properties

in the St.

Louis area.
Jeff Simpson is business editor of the Las Vegas Sun
    
So is the River Palms second-rate? Maybe Econo-class, but so are

most of the

joints in Laughlin. But I will root for Pinnacle just for

diversity.

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