Latisha Casas, the chairperson of the newly formed entity set to run operations at the Sin City casino resort - the San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority - spoke about the acquisition announced back in May. With Station freezing the 2021 licenses of Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho, the two casinos won’t reopen until June 2022 at the earliest. All three resorts remain closed since the pandemic first hit last year. Red Rock Resorts is the holding company of Station Casinos, which operates Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho, and formerly the Palms Casino Resort. While the sale still requires approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission, according to Red Rock Resort’s chief financial officer Stephen Cootey, the deal “remains on track to be completed before the end of the year.” The tragic, potential murder-suicide comes just under three months after the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians agreed to buy the Palms Casino Resort property from Red Rock Resorts for $650m. How will the tragedy affect the new casino owners? In response to a question at the news briefing about the heavy LVMPD presence at the scene, Spencer said it was in line “with the footprint Homicide and CSI brings.”Ī skywalk leads from Palms Place to the casino at Palms Casino Resort, which remains shuttered since the pandemic outbreak in March 2020. The LVMPD said the cause of death was likely to be a firearm after the pair both suffered gunshot wounds. Hotel security discovered the two bodies on the bed after hotel maintenance forced entry into the locked room. The Metro Homicide Lieutenant added that the women may have been “romantically involved” in relation to a note found in their room.ĭeceased women were black, likely to be in their mid-to-late 30s, and local residents Spencer said the deceased women were black, likely to be in their mid-to-late 30s, and local residents.

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