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MIDWEST GAMING CELEBRATES CONSTRUCTION START OF DES PLAINES CASINO WITH GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
Download PDF DES PLAINES, IL, April 16, 2010 - Construction has begun on Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, LLC’s Des Plaines casino and entertainment complex, a project which will create hundreds of construction jobs, and upon completion, approximately 1,000 permanent jobs and over $150 million in annual gaming tax revenue which will benefit the State of Illinois, the City of Des Plaines and economically burdened communities. READ MORE ...
 
MIDWEST GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT, LLC COMPLETES FINANCING AND PURCHASE OF LAND
SET TO START CONSTRUCTION ON ITS $445 MILLION DES PLAINES CASINO
Download PDF DES PLAINES, IL, April 9, 2010 - Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, LLC and its affiliates (“Midwest Gaming”) announced today they have successfully closed on $295 million in aggregate debt financing and invested $150 million of equity for its casino project in Des Plaines, Illinois. Midwest Gaming also purchased the land on which its casino and entertainment complex will be developed, clearing the way for construction to begin next week on the long-awaited $445 million development. The casino is anticipated to open in late summer 2011. READ MORE ...
 
MIDWEST GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT, LLC ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF $175 MILLION OF SENIOR SECURED NOTES
Download PDF DES PLAINES, IL, March 22, 2010 - Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, LLC announced today that its parent company, Midwest Gaming Borrower, LLC (“Issuer”), and the Issuer’s subsidiary, Midwest Gaming Finance Corp. (together, “Midwest Gaming”) intend to offer, subject to market and other customary conditions, $175 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes. The notes are expected to be senior secured obligations of Midwest Gaming and will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, LLC and the other subsidiaries of Midwest Gaming. Midwest Gaming intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to finance a portion of the design, development, equipping and construction of a gaming facility in Des Plaines, Illinois. READ MORE ...