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IAG SEP 2019年9月 亞博匯 36 Buying an existing resort usually comes at a substantial discount to developing one from scratch. Billionaire Phil Ruffin, frequently mentioned as a potential buyer of Caesars assets, purchased Treasure Island from MGM for US$775 million in 2009; he estimates building a similar resort would have cost US$2.7 billion. Property sales would help offset the projected US$13.5 billion in debt that’s part of Eldorado’s takeover. Outside Las Vegas, local or US regulatorsmay order divestitures to prevent market domination by the merged company. Eldorado has already announced the sale of Isle of Capri casino in Kansas City, Missouri, and Lady Luck Casino in Vicksburg, Mississippi – markets where Caesars has properties – to New York Stock Exchange listed Twin River Worldwide Holdings for US$230 million. COVER STORY 「我們認為,若價格合適,Eldorado可以出售拉斯維加斯大 道上的任何一處物業,所以我們會認為,所有的物業的出售都是 可以談的。」Union Gaming的總監John DeCree表示。「就潛在買 家而言,那張名單也相當長。在凱撒的出售過程中,Tillman Fer- titta就曾向其出過價。他手上的公司Landry’s已經擁有Golden Nugget Casinos賭場。」 與從零開始開發一間度假村相比,購買現有的度假村的 成本要小得多。經常被提及是凱撒的潛在買家之一的億萬富翁 Phil Ruffin,就曾於2009年以7.75億美元從美高梅手中購買了金 銀島。他估計建造一間類似的度假村將耗資27億美元。 出售物業也將有助於抵銷Eldorado收購計劃中預計的13.5 億美元的債務。在拉斯維加斯之外,各美國地區及國家級監管機 構可能會下令分拆,以防止合併後的公司形成壟斷。Eldorado 已經宣佈將以2.3億美元價格出售密蘇里州堪薩斯城的Isle of Capri賭場,及密西西比州維克斯堡的Lady Luck Casino賭場,予 以在紐約證交所上市的公司Twin River Worldwide Holdings。 而凱撒在這兩個地方也皆有物業。

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