ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey –- (PRESS RELEASE) -- For the first time in its
nine-year history, the annual East Coast Gaming Congress will include a panel
of prominent leaders from tribal casinos who will discuss important trends
that will impact their properties as well as the entire casino industry.
Tribal leaders include Jim Allen, Seminole Gaming; Ray Halbritter, Oneida
Indian Nation; Jeff Hartmann, Mohegan Sun; and Barry E. Snyder Sr., Seneca
Nation of Indians.
The conference takes place May 26 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
Prominent industry executives, public officials and securities analysts will
also be featured, providing the hundreds of attendees with critical analysis
of the opportunities, challenges and trends that will impact the East Coast
jurisdictions.
Linda Kassekert, Chair of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, will
deliver the luncheon keynote address in which she will articulate the state's
evolving gaming policy as Atlantic City and New Jersey position themselves in
the increasingly competitive Eastern gaming market.
In addition, the East Coast Gaming Congress will present two recently
retired industry champions - Aztar's Paul Rubeli and Harrah's Phil Satre -
with Lifetime Achievement Awards. The conference will again culminate with
the prestigious Industry Leaders Forum, featuring the casino industry's
leading executives.
Among the participating speakers in the 9th annual East Coast Gaming
Congress:
-- Thomas Auriemma, N.J. Division of Gaming Enforcement
-- Curtis Bashaw, N.J. Casino Reinvestment Development Authority
-- William Boyd, Boyd Gaming
-- Scott Butera, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts
-- Jon Corzine, U.S. Senator, New Jersey
-- Christopher Cunningham, Sullivan County (NY) Legislature
-- Frank J. Fahrenkopf, American Gaming Association
-- William Gormley, State Senator, New Jersey
-- Joseph Greff, Bear Stearns
-- Robert Haddock, Aztar
-- Lawrence Klatzkin, Jefferies & Co.
-- Gary Loveman, Harrah's Entertainment
-- William Schmitt, CIBC World Markets
-- Robert S. "Tommy" Tomlinson, State Senator, Pennsylvania
-- Jeff Van Drew, Assemblyman, New Jersey
-- Andrew Zarnett, Deutsche Bank
Organizing sponsors of the conference are: the architectural design firm
of Sykes O'Connor Salerno Hazaveh; the law firm of
Cooper Levenson; the accounting firm of Ernst
& Young, LLP; and Gaming Industry Observer