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Pinnacle Entertainment Announces Management Change
LAS VEGAS, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.
(NYSE: PNK) today announced that, in order to improve its efficiency and
effectiveness and to plan for its growth, the company has been centralizing
its development, marketing, technology and other strategic functions at its
headquarters inLas Vegas. Wade Hundley, Pinnacle's president, has chosen not
to relocate from his home inDallas and has resigned his position, effective
immediately.
Mr. Hundley will continue to act as a consultant to Pinnacle on certain of
its casino resort development opportunities. His other responsibilities will
be divided among current members of Pinnacle's management team.
"I want to thank Wade for his role in helping to build the company into a
leading developer, owner and operator of casino gaming resorts," said Daniel
R. Lee, Pinnacle's chairman and chief executive officer. "We wish him well in
his future endeavors."
About Pinnacle Entertainment
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates casinos inNevada,
Louisiana,Indiana,Missouri,Argentina and TheBahamas and has significant
insurance claims related to a hurricane-damaged hotel and casino complex
previously operated inBiloxi, Mississippi. The Company opened Lumiere Place,
a $507 million casino hotel in downtownSt. Louis, Missouri, in December 2007.
Pinnacle also has a second casino development project under construction in
theSt. Louis area, which opening is dependent upon final approval by the
Missouri Gaming Commission. Pinnacle is currently developing a second casino
resort inLake Charles, Louisiana, to be called Sugarcane Bay; is developing a
casino resort inBaton Rouge, Louisiana; and has submitted a proposal for a
casino resort inKansas City, Kansas, subject to various approvals.
Additionally, Pinnacle owns a casino site at the heart of the famed Boardwalk
inAtlantic City, New Jersey, on which it plans to build a major new casino
resort.
For further information
At Pinnacle Entertainment - (702) 784-7777:
Dan Lee, Chairman & CEO
Steve Capp, CFO
Lewis Fanger, Investor Relations
SOURCE Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.
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