Truckee Gaming buys Rail City Casino in City of Sparks

Affinity Gaming, a privately held on line casino and sports wagering firm primarily based in Paradise close to Las Vegas, Nevada, previously referred to as Herbst Gaming and Affinity Gaming, reported final week that it’s promoting Rail City Casino in Sparks to Reno-based Truckee Gaming.

With this sale, the on line casino will return to the palms of its former proprietor.

Price not but revealed:

After being formally acquired by Herbst Gaming greater than a decade in the past, Szony, who’s the working accomplice and CEO of Truckee Gaming, managed Rail City and few different Northern Nevada gaming properties.

Furthermore, two years after Herbst’s chapter reorganization ended in 2011, Szony, who turned Herbst’s CEO in 2007 and led the corporate post-bankruptcy, regained possession of the three casinos when he based Truckee Gaming in 2012.

However, the worth for the acquisition of Rail City Casino has not but been disclosed and the transaction is projected to be accomplished by the top of 2023, pending Nevada regulatory approval.

Commenting on the sale when it was first revealed final week, Mr. Szony, mentioned: “We just couldn’t come to an agreement on Rail City. We’re glad to have it back. A lot of the same employees are still at Rail City and we look forward to welcoming them back into the company.”

He added: “The timing for the transaction is perfect given the growth and changes in the Sparks gaming market.”

Without lodge rooms, the principle focus of Rail City Casino is the native inhabitants. The 24,000-square-foot on line casino presents 415 slot machines, the William Hill Raceway, a keno parlor, a sportsbook and a restaurant that entails the Ale House American Cafe and a buffet.

Sparks’ gaming revenue:

As for the town’s gaming revenue, it elevated by 16.7% in 2022 to $14.2 million in comparison with a yr in the past.

In assist of the earlier assertion, it additionally comes that one of the largest casinos in Northern Nevada, the Nugget Casino Resort, is at present in the midst of the sale course of, to Century Casinos for $195 million and the official opening of the $120 million Legends Bay that befell final August, provided the town with an financial stimulus.

In this regard, Mr. Szony mentioned: “The area continues to develop with new housing and new companies.

“The market dynamic and the growth in Sparks is good for all of us. Century is a great operator and Legends added to the market. The growth is big enough for all of us.”

Almost three years because the closing of the Colorado Belle in Laughlin:

During a current licensing listening to for the brand new common supervisor of Golden Entertainment’s 3 casinos in Laughlin, Nevada gaming regulators demanded to know when the Colorado Belle would open once more.

The hotel-casino has formally closed its doorways to the general public 3 years in the past on March 18, when Nevada’s gaming business halted for 78 days as a result of pandemic. However after these 78 days have been up, the Colorado Belle stayed closed, and Golden’s two different Laughlin casinos, Aquarius and Edgewater, reopened.

In this regard, Jeremy Jenson, the overall manger who was in cost of Laughlin casinos final yr, mentioned: “The Laughlin market has been stable in the past two years.”

Speaking to the Gaming Control Board, which unanimously backed his gaming license, he added: “It’s one thing we proceed to take a look at and consider and see what we wish to do with that property. 

“It’s something we have internal conversations with the team and we’re just weighing our options at this point.”

Jenson, who’s licensed 4 instances by Nevada gaming regulators, was beforehand named common supervisor of Golden’s two Arizona Charlie’s casinos in Las Vegas and the corporate’s three casinos in Pahrump.

Laughlin’s gaming revenue:

“Laughlin’s nine operating casinos and seven satellite sportsbooks produced $500.7 million in gaming revenue in 2022, a 3 percent increase from 2021. The figure was still 2.2 percent below the pre-pandemic 2019 total of $512.2 million. The single-year gaming revenue record for Laughlin was $631.2 million in 2007,” in response to the Gaming Control Board.

In that regard, North Las Vegas and Laughlin are the one gaming markets throughout the state whose total revenues have stayed beneath pre-pandemic earnings.

Golden didn’t embody revenue from its two Laughlin working casinos in its newest earnings report, which was concerned in the $406.9 million Nevada resort operations that additionally contains the STRAT Hotel and Casino & SkyPod.

Best location:

Commenting on the hotel-casino location final yr, Blake Sartini, CEO and president of Golden Entertainment, mentioned: “The Collorado Belle’s location along the Colorado River is a one-of-a-kind piece of property on the riverfront and has a multitude of potential uses.”

The hotel-casino consists of 1,200 lodge rooms and is the second greatest of Golden’s three amenities. First place is taken by Aquarius (1,900 rooms) and third place by Edgewater (1,052 rooms).

Century Casinos to finalize its $195 million buy of Sparks Nugget in April:

After Colorado-based Century Casinos obtained tentative validation from Nevada regulators to purchase Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks for $195 million, two days later, the corporate’s high executives supplied their concepts for the power.

Peter Hoetzinger, co-CEO of Century Casinos, mentioned of the 1,382-room Nugget all through the Century’s fourth-quarter earnings convention name, which got here 48 hours after the Gaming Control Board really helpful validation of the acquisition from Marnell Gaming: “We are finalizing our plans for initial investments and upgrades, and I’m more excited than ever about the potential for improvements.”

The principal goal of the acquisition:

With this buy settlement, the Nugget will formally turn into Century’s main casino-resort. The firm already manages casinos in Missouri, West Virginia, Colorado and is at present purchasing for a on line casino in Maryland.

In this regard, Mr. Hoetzinger mentioned: “The immediate focus will be on the gaming floor as well as on raising the potential for synergy effects across all operational departments.”

The sale is scheduled to shut all through the primary week of April. However, in order for the closing of the acquisition to be accomplished, Century must obtain remaining affirmation from Nevada regulators on March 23.

In this regard, he added: “Century would shut on its buy of the Rocky Gap Casino Resort later this summer season.

“Century and VICI Properties teamed as much as purchase the Western Maryland on line casino for a mixed $260 million. 

“Century would pay down debt and return cash to shareholders once the casino purchases are closed.”

The builders of Brightline West have reached an settlement to have interaction in developing trades:

Brightline West, the long-awaited high-speed rail system that may hyperlink Southern California with Las Vegas, acquired a stimulus final week when constructing commerce unions in two states reported an settlement of understanding with the challenge’s developer.

The proposed rail system may improve visitors alongside I-15 and supply one other method for Southern Californians to go to Las Vegas.

The settlement is predicted to create virtually 10,000 development jobs in California and Nevada.

But whereas the 218-mile system continues to be in improvement, officers from the California State Building and Construction Trades Council, the Southern Nevada Building Trades Union and developer Brightline West mentioned: “The agreement is a positive step in moving forward with the project.”

In a press release, Mike Reininger, CEO of Brightline Holdings, mentioned: “We continue to build a powerful coalition around Brightline West and our vision for high-speed rail in America.”

Commenting on the high-speed rail improvement, Brightline West developer mentioned: “We will spend $10 billion to connect Las Vegas and Southern California through the Interstate 15 right-of-way, with trains capable of speeds up to 200 miles per hour. There will be a California-based station in Rancho Cucamonga that will connect to another station in Las Vegas, tentatively set for Las Vegas Boulevard, roughly 2 miles south of Mandalay Bay.”

More stations in California will probably be constructed in Hesperia and Apple Valley.