Black Hawk Gaming Names Wesley Hassell Director of Marketing.BLACK HAWK Black Hawk (born 1767, Sauk Sautenuk, Va.—died Oct. 3, 1838, village on the Des Moines River, Iowa, U.S.) Sauk Indian leader. Long antagonistic to whites, Black Hawk was driven into Iowa from Illinois in 1831. , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 1999--Black Hawk Gaming & Development Company, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on NMS See NetWare Management System. :BHWK), owner and operator of the Gilpin Hotel Casino and 75 percent owner and operator of The Lodge Casino at Black Hawk, announced today that Wesley T. Hassell, an experienced gaming marketing executive, has joined Black Hawk as Director of Marketing. Hassell has seven years of casino marketing experience in Nevada and Mississippi with ITT Corporation For other uses, see ITT (disambiguation). ITT Corporation, NYSE: ITT is a large American manufacturing company with 2006 revenues of $7.8 billion. ITT is a leading U.S. defense contractor and the world's largest supplier of equipment to move and treat water and wastewater. and Ameristar Casinos Ameristar Casinos, Inc. NASDAQ: ASCA is a Las Vegas, Nevada based casino operator. Despite having its headquarters in Las Vegas, Ameristar has not owned or operated a Las Vegas area casino since selling The Reserve Hotel Casino , Inc. Immediately prior to joining Black Hawk Gaming, he was Marketing Director for Ameristar Casinos, Inc. in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Black Hawk's chairman and chief executive officer, commented, "We are glad to have Wes with us. He brings a wealth of experience in marketing to a local clientele, which is the bulk of the Black Hawk, Colorado For other uses of Blackhawk/Black Hawk, see Black Hawk. The historic City of Black Hawk is a Home Rule Municipality in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 118 at U.S. Census 2000, making Black Hawk the least populous city in Colorado. market. The Colorado market is getting increasing competitive and we are confident that Wes will provide the focus we need to compete effectively. Additionally, his experience in other jurisictions will be invaluable to us as we grow." On April 24, 1998, Black Hawk Gaming purchased the other half of the Gilpin Hotel Casino that it did not previously own and on June 24, 1998, it opened its new casino, The Lodge Casino at Black Hawk. Combined, the two operations offer approximately 1300 slot machines, 30 table games, 4 restaurants, 50 hotel rooms and valet parking for 850 cars, and employs over 900 people. |
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