Living Las Vegas

Real Life in the Shadow of the Strip

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(as of May, 2008)

155 East Tropicana, LLC
Hooters Casino & Hotel

Boyd Gaming Corporation
Echelon (under construction — to open 2010)
–Delano (50% ownership with Morgans)
–Echelon Hotel
–Mondrian (50% ownership with Morgans)
–Plaza Hotel (Elad Group & IDB Group — groundbreaking delayed to 2009)
–Shangri-La
–Suites at Echelon
Eldorado
Gold Coast
Joker’s Wild
Main Street Station
Sam’s Town
Suncoast
The California
The Fremont
The Orleans

Mark Brandenburg
Golden Gate (50% owner)
{Established in 1906, the Golden Gate is the oldest hotel in LV}

Caesars Entertainment Corporation
(Previously Harrah’s Entertainment)
Bally’s
Bill’s Gamblin Hall
Caesars Palace
Flamingo - Las Vegas
Flamingo - Laughlin
Harrah’s - Las Vegas
Harrah’s - Laughlin
Imperial Palace
Paris
Rio

Colony Resorts
Las Vegas Hilton

Columbia Sussex Corporation
Tropicana
Westin Casuarina

CIM Group, Inc
Lady Luck

Crown, LTD
Cannery
Crown Las Vegas (under construction)
Eastside Cannery (former location of Nevada Palace, under construction)
Fontainebleau Las Vegas (under construction, partial ownership)

Desert Rock Enterprises, LLC
Golden Gate (purchased a 50% share)
Las Vegas 51s (not a casino, but a minor league baseball affiliate of the LA Dodgers)
Riviera (they own a 19% share in Riviera Holdings)

Irving Epstein
El Cortez

Michael Gaughan
Michael Gaughan’s South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa

Fertitta Colony Partners, Inc.
Aliante Station
Barleys
Boulder Station
Fiesta Henderson
Fiesta Rancho
Gold Rush
Green Valley Ranch
Lake Mead
Magic Star
Palace Station
Red Rock Station
Santa Fe Station
Sunset Station
Texas Station
Wild Wild West
Wildfire
Map of Station Casinos

Four Queens, Inc.
Four Queens

Goldman Sachs/WhiteHall Hotels
Las Vegas Hilton (jointly owned with Colony Resorts)
Stratosphere Hotel
Arizona Charlie’s East (Boulder Highway)
Arizona Charlie’s West (Decatur)
Las Vegas Courtyard
Las Vegas Fairfield Inn & Suites
Las Vegas Holiday Inn Express
Las Vegas Residence Inn

Herbst Gaming, Inc.
Buffalo Bill’s
Primm Valley Resorts
Terrible’s Hotel & Casino
Whiskey Pete’s

J.W. Marriott Corporation
Rampart Casino

Landry’s Restaurants, Inc.
Golden Nugget - Las Vegas
Golden Nugget - Laughlin

Las Vegas Sands, Inc.
The Venetian (over 7,000 rooms on this property)
Venezia
Palazzo

MGM Mirage/Mandalay Resort Group
Bellagio
Circus Circus
CityCenter (Under construction)
–Harmon Hotel
–Mandarin Oriental
–Vdara
Colorado Belle - Laughlin
Edgewater - Laughlin
Excalibur
Four Seasons Hotel
Gold Strike - Jean
Luxor
Mandalay Bay
Mansion at MGM
MGM Grand
Monte Carlo
New York - New York
Railroad Pass - Henderson
Skylofts
Slots-A-Fun
THEhotel
The Mirage
The Signature at MGM Grand
Treasure Island

Morgans Hotel Group & Peter Morton
Hard Rock Hotel

The Palms Casino Resort
The Palms

Riviera Holdings Corporation
Riviera Hotel

Edward Roski, Jr.
Silverton

Royal Palm Communities & John Woodrum
Klondike (Still pending)

Ruffin Companies–Trump International
Trump International Hotel

SBE Entertainment Group
Sahara Hotel

Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Element
Planet Hollywood
Westin Casuarina

Tamares Group
Las Vegas Club
Plaza Las Vegas
Queen of Hearts
The Nevada Club
Western Las Vegas

TLC Casino Enterprises, Inc(Terry Caudill)
Binion’s
Four Queens
Tuscany

Wynn Resorts, Ltd.
Wynn Las Vegas

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