Blue Chip Casino Posts Strong Performance in First Full Month of Operations.MICHIGAN CITY Michigan City, city (1990 pop. 33,822), La Porte co., NW Ind., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1836. Michigan City produces machinery, consumer articles, kitchen and transportation equipment, concrete and wire products, chemicals, apparel, and cast iron boilers. , Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1997--Blue Chip Casino ranked third in northern Indiana Northern Indiana is the region of Indiana including 26 counties bordering parts of Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. The area is generally sub-classified into other regions. The northwest is economically and culturally intertwined with Chicago, and is considered part of the Chicago during September according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. attendance and revenue data released today by the Indiana Gaming Commission. The data demonstrates that the casino performed in line with expectations for its first full month of operations, according to Blue Chip Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Kevin Flynn. Blue Chip had approximately 270,000 admissions for the month, and total gaming revenue was $8,763,012. Slot machines recorded a coin-in amount of $101,853,592, generating $7,054,001 in revenue and table games experienced a drop of $10,054,681 with revenue of $1,709,011. "We are very pleased with our performance to date," said Flynn. "Our attendance figures and guests' reactions confirm that we have a strong entertainment product to offer the region. We expect nothing less than continued growth and success." NOTE TO EDITORS: There is an "at" symbol following "mike_snyder" in the e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address below. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: Blue Chip Casino Joseph McQuaid (financial information), 219/456-7281 Stacey Harris, 219/879-7711 ext. 2208 888/492-1457 (pager) or Caldwell VanRiper Deanna Irick or Michael Snyder, 317/632-6501 mike_snyder@cvr.com |
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