LANDMARK BRINGING CIRCUS TO SOUTHLAND TRIBAL CASINO.Byline: Dave McNary Daily News Staff Writer Theme park specialist Landmark Entertainment Group announced Wednesday that it plans to bring the glamour and glitz glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. of Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. to a massive casino expansion project in the mountains east of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . Landmark, which designed the Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. - The Experience attraction at the Las Vegas Hilton The Las Vegas Hilton is a hotel, casino, and convention center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a joint venture between Colony Capital, which owns 60 percent, and New York City-based REIT Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, which owns the remaining 40 percent. , was named lead designer for a $120 million expansion of the Barona Indian Reservation casino on a mountain plateau near Lakeside, about 40 miles east of downtown San Diego. It plans to more than triple the size of the casino to 450,000 square feet, using what is described as a whimsical turn-of-the-century circus theme that will turn the property into a one-of-a-kind destination. ``What we are designing will be the highest quality, as if it were being done for a Disney theme park,'' said Gary Goddard, chief executive officer. The project will add to the casino site a pair of big-top tents, including a three-ring circus three-ring circus n. 1. A circus having simultaneous performances in three separate rings. 2. Informal A situation characterized by confusing, engrossing, or amusing activity. Noun 1. ; a two-story carousel; Victorian dirigibles; animatronic high-wire acts and a performance stage. Goddard, who worked for Walt Disney's Imagineering theme park division before founding Landmark in 1980, said his company will devote about 20 employees to the project, which is scheduled to open in December 2000. The Barona casino Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino is a San Diego area casino, hotel, and golf course owned by the Barona Band of Mission Indians, and known for sponsoring and housing the Blackjack Hall of Fame. is already one of the state's largest and most profitable American Indian casinos, spokesman Joseph Gerbino said. The expansion also will add a 250-room hotel and a 200-acre golf course. Other additions include bingo and off-track wagering areas, a VIP lounge, a child care center, and a 100-seat steak house along with an expanded buffet restaurant. The casino plans to add 600 employees after the improvements, the construction of which is expected to begin this summer. North Hollywood-based Landmark, which is half-owned by noted investor Prince Alaweed Bin Talal Abdulaziz Al Saud, is a veteran of casino construction, including most of the design work for Caesar's Palace and the Desert Kingdom hotels in Las Vegas. It is also working on a World of Oz theme park in Kansas City and three projects in China. |
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