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Schuffert said this will be Gary’s only casino. The Majestic Star will close, and those employees will transfer to Hard Rock. The company is also looking to hire about 800 new employees, from card dealing to human resources. What will be in place to keep employees and gamers safe at the new casino? This casino is two boats; one boat has three levels of gaming and the second boat has one level of gaming. Smoking is allowed and there are free beverage stations although there are no longer that many.
It opened the Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Indiana on June 7, 1996. In December 2001, Majestic Star made its first expansion beyond Gary, acquiring three Fitzgeralds casinos from bankrupt Fitzgeralds Gaming for $149 million, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Black Hawk, Colorado, and Tunica, Mississippi. Majestic Star Casino consists of two casino gaming boats on Lake Michigan in Gary, Indiana's Buffington Harbor, owned and operated by The Majestic Star Casino, LLC.Majestic Star acquired the adjacent Trump Casino in 2007. The two boats each have three floors of gaming, with a combined 1,900 slot machines, table games, a high-limit VIP room, a poker room, and a baccarat room. Play your favorite casino games from anywhere you want for FREE! Mychoice® casino is the best new social casino with all your favorite slots and table games available online. Link your mychoice account and watch yoru rewards grow as you play! There's never been a better time to get started.
CHICAGO (CBS) — Hard Rock wants to hire hundreds of people for their new Gary casino, set to open in the early spring, but with COVID hospitalizations on the rise, all bets are off on what a grand opening could look like.
CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas took a tour of the work in progress.
Today it’s a construction zone. By spring 2021, it will be a $300 million casino, complete with restaurants and a concert venue.
“It’s incredibly important,” said Matt Schuffert, president of the Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana. “There’s a lot of folks, like you said, that are looking for the opportunity to get back to work; and by building this facility, we’ve got a lot of opportunities for people to come and join and our team.”
Schuffert said this will be Gary’s only casino. The Majestic Star will close, and those employees will transfer to Hard Rock.
The company is also looking to hire about 800 new employees, from card dealing to human resources.
What will be in place to keep employees and gamers safe at the new casino?
“Well, it’s hard to speculate what march will look like, but today there’s slot machines are separated apart, there’s food and beverage social distancing, and a limit on the number of tables you can operate. A maximum for the number of people who can play at a table,” Schuffert said.
If it were finished and open today, they’d also require temperature checks for team members and masks for staff and guests.
Indiana casinos are still operating with restrictions as COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state are at an all-time high.
“It’s hard to speculate and say what the spring is going to look like, but obviously we’ll pay attention to whatever is going on from a pandemic, regulatory perspective,” Schuffert said.
While construction charges ahead, Hard Rock will host hiring events in Gary on Nov. 17 and Nov. 19.
“You don’t need to know anything about blackjack. What we really want you to know is how to have a great experience with the customer, great personality. We will definitely train for the rest,” said Dawn Reynolds-Pettit, vice president of Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana.
Hard Rock said they’ll have health restrictions at the hiring events, too; including capacity limits and COVID-19 screening questions.
Those November hiring events will be at Majestic Star Pavillion, specifically for prospective dealers. There will be more hiring events in January for human resources, finance, and other positions. For more information, visit the casino’s website.
Don Hamilton Barden (December 20, 1943 – May 19, 2011[1]) was an American casino executive.
Barden was the Manager, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Majestic Star Casino, LLC from its formation, with responsibility for key policy making functions. Since their inception, Barden had also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Majestic Investor Holdings, LLC and Manager of Barden Colorado Blackhawk, Colorado, Barden Mississippi Tunica, Mississippi, and Barden Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada; and Chairman and President of BDI. Barden also served as Chairman or Barden Gary Foundation, Inc. and Don H. Barden Foundation, Inc. since their formations.
Additionally, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Barden Companies, Inc. and a group of other companies he owned and/or operated. Over the past 30 years, Barden had successfully developed, owned and operated many business enterprises in various industries including real estate development, casino gaming, broadcasting, cable television and international trade. In 2003, Black Enterprise Magazine selected Barden as Company of the Year. In 2004, Barden received the Trumpet Award for Entrepreneur of the Year.
For years the Barden gambling facility in Gary existed beside another gambling facility belonging to Donald Trump. Barden bought the second facility for a price reflecting historic revenue at a time when several other facilities were opening up in Illinois and Indiana. Majestic Star and Fitzgerald casinos in Indiana, Mississippi and Colorado filed for bankruptcy in November 2009. In December 2011, the facilities were turned over to creditors. The Nevada casino and Barden's ownership in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania casino were separately held and were not part of the bankruptcy.
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When one of Barden's companies acquired the Fitzgeralds Las Vegas Casino in Las Vegas, Barden became the first African-American casino owner in Vegas.[2]
In 2007, Barden was awarded the rights to build a casino in the North Shore area of Pittsburgh, adjacent to Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The selection was made over heavy objections of local taxpayers who preferred another competing offer from Isle of Capri Casinos. That offer would have built a new multi-purpose arena adjacent to a casino complex in the area now occupied by the Civic Arena. Isle of Capri agreed to foot the entire cost of the new complex, valued at the time at 290 million dollars. Barden's selection by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Gaming Commission forced the city of Pittsburgh and the buildings principal tenant, the Pittsburgh Penguins, to come up with an alternate plan, using taxpayer money to fund the facility.
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In 2008, Barden was unable to secure permanent financing that would that would have permitted work to continue on the North Shore Casino project. Work at the site was stopped for weeks, until another investor could be found. Only after Chicago billionaire Neil Bluhm of JMB Realty bought controlling interest in the project, did work continue. Barden retained a minority interest in the project.
On May 19, 2011, Don Barden died of lung cancer at The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan. He was 67. Earlier that year, his wife Bella had filed for legal separation, saying in court documents that her husband was so sick with cancer that he could not make his own business and financial decisions.[further explanation needed] He and his wife Bella are interred at Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit, Michigan) near the Michael Jackson commemorative cenotaph.
Legacy[edit]
- Barden is featured on the documentary series Profiles of African-American Success.
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References[edit]
- ^Nick Bunkley (May 19, 2011). 'Don Barden, a Leading Black Businessman, Dies at 67'. The New York Times.
- ^'Don Barden, The New Black Face Of Vegas'. Archived from the original on December 10, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-05.