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Offer jeopardizes Horseshoe purchase - 2004-03-06
Lawyers were rushing late Friday night to salvage the proposed purchase of Binion's Horseshoe to MTR Gaming Group and the World Series of Poker to Harrah's Entertainment.

The three-way agreement calls for Harrah's to purchase the Horseshoe brand name and the World Series of Poker tournament from Behnen, while MTR buys the hotel-casino and the Binion name. As part of the settlement, Harrah's has agreed to run the downtown property for one year with a one-year option and two six-month options to extend that deal.
Read the full story at Las Vegas Review-Journal

'Entertainment mecca' progresses in East Tampa - 2004-03-06
Five years ago, Orient Road gave little more than a jail, a bingo hall and a service entrance to the Florida State Fairgrounds.
Today, Orient Road is prepared to rock.

With next Thursday's grand launching of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, and the neighboring 20,000-seat Tampa Bay Amphitheatre set to launch in July, the slice of fairgrounds-area property between Brandon and Tampa is Hillsborough County's fastest-growing entertainment location.
Read the full story at St. Petersburg Times