Cannery Casino Resorts was a hotel and casino operator based in

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. It was acquired by

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in 2016.

History

Cannery Casino Resorts was an outgrowth of Millennium Management Group, a casino management company. Millennium was founded in 1996 by two long-time gaming executives, Bill Paulos and Bill Wortman. Millennium's first venture, in 1997, was to join a consortium competing for a license to develop a casino in Detroit, the proposed

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. The Greektown casino opened in 2000 under Millennium's management. Cannery Casino Resorts was created in 2001 by Millennium to develop the

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. In 2002, Millennium assumed management of the casino at the

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under a ten-year lease agreement and rebranded it as the Rampart Casino. Meanwhile, Millennium transitioned to a consulting role at Greektown, as the casino's owners took over management. The Cannery opened in 2003 at a cost of $105 million. In 2005,

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agreed to buy 33 percent of Cannery Casino Resorts. With the funds injected, Wortman was able to buy out two minority partners in the Nevada Palace casino, which was placed under the Cannery umbrella. Wortman bought a 20 percent stake in the

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racetrack in

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in 2005, and Cannery obtained an option to buy the park outright. The company led an unsuccessful lobbying effort to legalize casinos in New Hampshire, and proposed a $450 million expansion of the park with up to 5,000 slot machines. Oaktree funding also enabled CCR to buy The Meadows, a harness racetrack near

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, in November 2006 from Magna Entertainment for $200 million. Oaktree's stake in the company increased to 42% as part of the deal. A temporary casino at the racetrack was opened in June 2007, and the permanent facility opened in April 2009. In December 2007, Australian gaming company

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agreed to buy CCR for $1.75 billion. The agreement was ended in March 2009, however, with Crown instead buying a 24.5 percent stake in the company for $370 million, and paying a $50 million termination fee. Eastside Cannery Casino and Hotel opened on the site of the Nevada Palace in August 2008. Cannery's lease of the Rampart Casino expired in March 2012, and the casino's owner,

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, decided to manage the casino itself instead of renewing the agreement. In May 2014, Cannery agreed to sell The Meadows to

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for $465 million, with the proceeds going towards reducing company debt.

purchased Cannery in December 2016 for $230 million.

Casinos

– Opened in 2003. * Eastside Cannery Casino and Hotel – Opened in 2008. *

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– Purchased in 2006. Sold in 2016. *

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– Managed from 2002 to 2012.

References

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