{"id":67408,"date":"2020-09-07T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2724742"},"modified":"2020-09-07T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T12:44:00","slug":"caesars-entertainment-and-vici-properties-announce-sale-of-harrahs-louisiana-downs-to-rubico-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/09\/07\/caesars-entertainment-and-vici-properties-announce-sale-of-harrahs-louisiana-downs-to-rubico-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"Caesars Entertainment and VICI Properties Announce Sale of Harrah\u2019s Louisiana Downs to Rubico Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4000-1-16.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Caesars Entertainment, Inc.,&nbsp;and VICI Properties Inc.&nbsp;announced definitive agreements to sell Harrah&#8217;s Louisiana Downs Casino, Racing &amp; Entertainment (&#8220;Harrah&#8217;s Louisiana Downs&#8221;) to Rubico Acquisition Corp. for&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$22.0 million<\/span>. The proceeds of the transactions shall be split&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$5.5 million<\/span>&nbsp;to VICI Properties and&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$16.5 million<\/span>&nbsp;to Caesars subject to customary adjustments for cash and net working capital. The annual base rent payments under the Regional Master Lease between Caesars and VICI will remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>The transactions are expected to close at the end of 2020 or early 2021, and are subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Caesars Entertainment, Inc.&nbsp;<br class=\"dnr\" \/><\/strong>Caesars Entertainment, Inc. is the largest casino-entertainment company in the U.S. and one of the world&#8217;s most diversified casino-entertainment providers. Since its beginning in&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">Reno, Nevada<\/span>, in 1937, Caesars Entertainment has grown through development of new resorts, expansions and acquisitions. Caesars Entertainment&#8217;s resorts operate primarily under the Caesars&reg;, Harrah&#8217;s&reg;, Horseshoe&reg; and Eldorado&reg; brand names. Caesars Entertainment offers diversified amenities and one-of-a-kind destinations, with a focus on building loyalty and value with its guests through a unique combination of impeccable service, operational excellence and technology leadership. Caesars Entertainment is committed to its employees, suppliers, communities and the environment through its PEOPLE PLANET PLAY framework. For more information, please visit&nbsp;www.caesars.com\/corporate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About VICI Properties Inc.<br class=\"dnr\" \/><\/strong>VICI Properties is an experiential real estate investment trust that owns one of the largest portfolios of market-leading gaming, hospitality and entertainment destinations, including the world-renowned Caesars Palace. VICI Properties&#8217; national, geographically diverse portfolio consists of 31 gaming facilities comprising over 50 million square feet and features approximately 20,200 hotel rooms and more than 200 restaurants, bars and nightclubs. Its properties are leased to industry leading gaming and hospitality operators, including Caesars, Century Casinos Inc., Hard Rock International, JACK Entertainment and Penn National Gaming. VICI Properties also owns four championship golf courses and 34 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip. VICI Properties&#8217; strategy is to create the nation&#8217;s highest quality and most productive experiential real&nbsp;estate portfolio. For additional information, please visit&nbsp;www.viciproperties.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viciproperties.com.\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.viciproperties.com.<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>www.viciproperties.com.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire-real-estate\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire Real Estate<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>www.viciproperties.com.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4000-1-16.jpg\" alt=\"\">Caesars Entertainment, Inc.,&nbsp;and VICI Properties Inc.&nbsp;announced definitive agreements to sell Harrah&rsquo;s Louisiana Downs Casino, Racing &amp; Entertainment (&ldquo;Harrah&rsquo;s Louisiana Downs&rdquo;) to Rubico Acquisition Corp. for&nbsp;$22.0 million. The proceeds of the transactions shall be split&nbsp;$5.5 million&nbsp;to VICI Properties and&nbsp;$16.5 million&nbsp;to Caesars subject to customary adjustments for cash and net working capital. The annual base rent payments &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/09\/07\/caesars-entertainment-and-vici-properties-announce-sale-of-harrahs-louisiana-downs-to-rubico-acquisition\/\">Continue reading <span>Caesars Entertainment and VICI Properties Announce Sale of Harrah&rsquo;s Louisiana Downs to Rubico Acquisition<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/09\/07\/caesars-entertainment-and-vici-properties-announce-sale-of-harrahs-louisiana-downs-to-rubico-acquisition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire","category-wire-real-estate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Caesars Entertainment and VICI Properties Announce Sale of Harrah\u2019s Louisiana Downs to Rubico Acquisition - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/09\/07\/caesars-entertainment-and-vici-properties-announce-sale-of-harrahs-louisiana-downs-to-rubico-acquisition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Caesars Entertainment and VICI Properties Announce Sale of Harrah\u2019s Louisiana Downs to Rubico Acquisition - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Caesars Entertainment, Inc.,&nbsp;and VICI Properties Inc.&nbsp;announced definitive agreements to sell Harrah&rsquo;s Louisiana Downs Casino, Racing &amp; Entertainment (&ldquo;Harrah&rsquo;s Louisiana Downs&rdquo;) to Rubico Acquisition Corp. for&nbsp;$22.0 million. 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