Penn National Gaming Re-Opens Casinos After Ivan
BILOXI, Mississippi -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN: Nasdaq) announced today that it re-opened Casino Rouge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Casino Magic - Bay St. Louis in Bay St. Louis and Boomtown Biloxi in Biloxi, Mississippi. The three properties were closed on a precautionary basis earlier this week in anticipation of Hurricane Ivan.
Penn National Gaming owns and operates: Hollywood Casino properties located in Aurora, Illinois, and Tunica, Mississippi; Charles Town Races & Slots(TM) in Charles Town, West Virginia; two Mississippi casinos, the Casino Magic - Bay St. Louis hotel, casino, golf resort and marina in Bay St. Louis and the Boomtown Biloxi casino in Biloxi; the Casino Rouge, a riverboat gaming facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the Bullwhackers casino properties in Black Hawk, Colorado. Penn National also operates two racetracks and eleven off-track wagering facilities in Pennsylvania; the racetrack at Charles Town Races & Slots in West Virginia; the racetrack at Bangor Raceway in Bangor, Maine, and a 50% interest in the Pennwood Racing Inc. joint venture which owns and operates Freehold Raceway in New Jersey; and operates Casino Rama, a gaming facility located approximately 90 miles north of Toronto, Canada, pursuant to a management contract.
