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Ameristar Casinos Inc. said Wednesday it withdrew its $1.7-billion bid to acquire casino operator Aztar Corp. and has no intention to pursue the company at this time.
May 4, 2006
Business
Casino owner Aztar Corp. said Ameristar Casinos Inc. had raised its offer to buy the company by $2 to $45 a share in cash.
April 22, 2006
Casino operator Aztar Corp. on Tuesday called a buyout offer of $1.7 billion in cash from Ameristar Casinos Inc. superior to a bid from Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., and gave Pinnacle until Friday to respond.
April 26, 2006
Casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. said Monday that it had raised its bid for rival Aztar Corp. to $45 a share, or about $1.7 billion, in the latest round of a bidding war for the owner of the Tropicana casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, N.J.
April 25, 2006
A bidding war for the casino operator’s Vegas property is heating up.
April 18, 2006
Travel & Experiences
The building boom in and around Las Vegas continues Tuesday with the opening of the 224-room Reserve Hotel Casino in nearby Henderson, Nev.
Feb. 8, 1998
Tropicana casino operator Aztar Corp. said Friday that it had agreed to be acquired by hotel and casino owner Columbia Sussex Corp. for $54 a share in cash, or about $1.9 billion.
May 20, 2006
Casino operator Aztar Corp. said Friday that Columbia Sussex Corp. had boosted its bid to $1.79 billion, stepping up the four-way contest for the operator of the Tropicana casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, N.J.
April 29, 2006
Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. increased its bid Wednesday for rival casino owner Aztar Corp. to $1.65 billion, or $43 a common share, but Aztar said a previous offer by hotel and casino owner Columbia Sussex Corp. still looked better.
April 20, 2006
Entertainment & Arts
Designers have moved toward nostalgic and life-affirming imagery since Sept. 11.
Jan. 31, 2002