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Two Colorado casinos purchased in $1.7 billion deal

Reno-based Eldorado Resorts buying Isle of Capri Casinos

Associated Press

Sep. 20, 2016, 10:44 a.m.

Sep. 20, 2016, 10:44 a.m.

Wynn Encore Hotel and Casino. (Gary J. Wood/Flickr)

Eldorado Resorts has agreed to buy Isle of Capri Casinos for $1.7 billion in combined stocks and cash, a move that will add 13 casino-resorts to the Reno-based company’s portfolio.

The deal announced Monday includes $929 million of long-term debt held by Isle of Capri Casinos. The company based in the St. Louis, Missouri-area operates 14 casino properties in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Pennsylvania.

Eldorado Resorts chairman and CEO Gary Carano told the Reno-Gazette Journal the deal will help spread his company’s risk across 20 casinos in 10 different states.

Eldorado’s expanded property portfolio will include about 20,800 slot machines and video lottery terminals, more than 560 table games and 6,500 hotel rooms. The company said in a news release it received the $2.1 billion in financing from J.P. Morgan.

Little Man Ice Cream dressed in its holiday best. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Things to do in Denver this weekend, Nov. 26-28

Holiday light shows are here!

Nice looks seen from the Colorado State Capitol. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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What Denver’s exceptionally dry fall means for the future of snow

We talked to an expert.

Hundreds met at the State Capitol for the conclusion of the 18th annual Sand Creek Memorial Run in 2016. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

There won’t be a public Sand Creek Healing Run this year

But this Indigenous man will still be running.

The first frame of Denver Drink and Draw's first Comics Jam after a long hiatus, which began on their first official gathering after COVID in early October.

Denver’s creatives found the pandemic as inspiring as a root canal. They’re glad to be back at Drink and Draw.

The hang for local creatives is back, in the basement of the St. Mark's Coffee House.

The City and County Building seen from atop the Denver Art Museum's newly opened Martin Building. Oct. 13, 2021.

Denver plans to send large buildings into the warm embrace of renewable electricity

It’s just pushing more lightly than some other deep-blue cities (cough, Berkeley, cough).

Michaela Onyenwere #12 of the New York Liberty drives to the basket against the Connecticut Sun on July 11, 2021 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

From Aurora to Brooklyn, NY Liberty’s Michaela Onyenwere is always moving forward

The New York Liberty forward and Grandview graduate is living her best life.

Family photos inside Andre Lavonn Faggett's studio apartment in Cap Hill on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. A childhood photo of Faggett sits in the middle, next to a photo of his late mother, Ruthie Mae Jones. (Esteban L. Hernandez/Denverite)

Andre Lavonn Faggett is one of 500 Denverites who’s secured permanent housing in recent months

A city initiative to house 200 people in 100 days has been a massive success.

Young raccoons in a cage at the Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, June 29, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Does Denver have a raccoon problem or a Ring problem?

This is a Denverite investigation.

A Colorado sunset over East Colfax Avenue, June 28, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Here are 14 of the best places to watch the sunset in Denver, because the end of daylight savings time is getting us down, too

Here's where to chase the season's earlier sunset.

Nhung Mai draws out a COVID-19 vaccine at a city-run clinic inside the Barnum Recreation Center. March 10, 2021.

Denver reinstitutes a mask mandate for businesses

"Our system is on the brink of collapse."

Coach Tony Lindsay Sr. prays with his Far Northeast Warrior varsity football players after they beat East High School in the last regular-season game of the year, ensuring they will go to the playoffs. Oct. 29, 2021.

The fight over Montbello High has always been bigger than a school. The Montbello Warriors have always been bigger than sports.

The team will have a home next year when the rebooted Montbello High opens. Neighbors hope it's a sign of good things to come.

Citywide Banks building, 10660 E. Colfax Ave., November 11, 2021

Affordable housing and below-market office space are coming to the Citywide Banks site on East Colfax in Aurora

The Urban Land Conservancy continues to move beyond Denver's borders.

A line of beds inside the Denver Rescue Mission's new shelter in Northeast Park Hill. June 30, 2021.

An arrest has been made in the fatal stabbing of a Denver Rescue Mission staff member

An employee of the shelter on 48th Street was stabbed after leaving his shift Saturday night.

"Patterns and Figures - Figures and Patterns" by Barb McKee and Darrell Anderson in Denver International Airport's A concourse. Nov. 17, 2021.

Bored at DIA? Take a tour of the airport’s public art.

There's so much more than Blucifer.

Frozen turkeys piled in a minivan that the SouthWest Denver Coalition will distribute to 200 people who need a hand with Thanksgiving this year. Nov. 20, 2021.

Inflation and supply are squeezing Denver’s Thanksgiving giveaway traditions

Food banks are feeling higher prices and so are the eaters.

Captol Hill Books has boarded-up windows after a truck driver drove through its windows a few nights ago. Nov. 19, 2021.

A truck driver drove through Capitol Hill Books on Colfax, damaging the store’s most expensive books

“I’ve been absolutely determined — COVID, pandemic, truck, no matter what — the store is gonna stay open."

Denver Botanic Garden holiday lights. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Things to do in Denver this weekend, Nov. 19-21

Tree lightings, parades, and a Mac ‘N Cheese 5k!

The Salvation Army's pallet house village in Aurora. Nov. 18, 2021.

Aurora utilizes Pallet shelters to house 30 to 60 people experiencing homelessness

And no, they aren't made out of pallets.

An RV parked in Cole. Nov. 18, 2021.

People experiencing homelessness are turning to RVs as temporary housing, but other Denverites are not pleased

311 officials say complaints concerning RV parking have increased over the last few months.

Kristin and Brett Post stand in a park near the home they're sharing with family in Lone Tree. Nov. 17, 2021.

These new Denver parents say they found freedom when they gave up on their homebuying dreams

Their parents just don't understand.