Fitzgeralds Gaming

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Fitzgeralds Gaming Corp. was a gaming company based in Reno, Nevada, that operated four casinos under the Fitzgeralds brand. It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2000, and subsequently sold all its properties.[1][2]

History

After Lincoln Fitzgerald died in 1981, the Lincoln Management Corporation was formed to run his two Reno casinos, Fitzgeralds and the Nevada Club, under a contract with Fitzgerald's widow, Meta. In 1986, Lincoln exercised an option to buy Fitzgeralds for $26.25 million.[3]

In 1987, the Lincoln Group bought the Sundance casino in downtown Las Vegas from Moe Dalitz, renaming it as Fitzgeralds.[4]

In 1988, it bought Harolds Club, the last remaining casino in Howard Hughes's gambling empire, from the Hughes Corporation.[5]

In 1993, the company made a bid for the last available gaming license in the Kansas City area, proposing a $145 million casino in Sugar Creek, Missouri.[6] The license was awarded to Station Casinos instead, to build what is now the Ameristar Casino Kansas City. Station was later investigated for improper contact with the president of the gaming commission, and Fitzgeralds sued and received a $38 million settlement in 2004.[7]

In 1994, Lincoln was reorganized as Fitzgeralds Gaming Corp.

List of properties

References

  1. ↑ "Fitzgeralds Deal Okayed for Cashell". KOLO-TV. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Fitzgeralds in bankruptcy, three casinos being sold". Las Vegas Sun. 6 December 2000. Retrieved 11 October 2011. 
  3. ↑ Kling, Dwayne (2010). The Rise Of The Biggest Little City: An Encyclopedic History Of Reno Gaming. University of Nevada Press. p. 51. ISBN 0-87417-829-0. 
  4. ↑ Newton, Michael (2009). Mr. Mob: The Life and Crimes of Moe Dalitz. McFarland. p. 282. ISBN 0-7864-3516-X. 
  5. ↑ Kling, Dwayne (2010). The Rise Of The Biggest Little City: An Encyclopedic History Of Reno Gaming. University of Nevada Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-87417-829-0. 
  6. ↑ "Suit: Station 'rigged game' to get license". Lawrence Journal-World. 22 December 2000. Retrieved 12 October 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Station Casinos settles for $38 million in Missouri". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 12 February 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2011. 
  8. ↑ Kling, Dwayne (2010). The Rise Of The Biggest Little City: An Encyclopedic History Of Reno Gaming. University of Nevada Press. p. 180. ISBN 0-87417-829-0. 
  9. ↑ "Casino trappings go up for bid". Today's News Herald. 25 January 1998. Retrieved 11 October 2011. 
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