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☆ Lawsuit says Atlantic City casino workers are exposed to harmful secondhand smoke
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | Jeff Winter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Smoky, hazy gambling floors have long been part of the Atlantic City casino experience for some people. Phil Murphy and the state’s health commissioner claiming that a loophole in state law exposes casino workers to health problems from secondhand smoke. Casino workers have long been advocating for protections under the 2006 smoke-free law, but progress has been snagged for years in the New Jersey legislature. But somehow, our casino workers have been asked to roll the dice,” UAW President Shawn Fain said at a press conference Friday. The casino workers have faced “death, severe physical illness, severe mental, physical and emotional distress, pain and suffering, anxiety, and stress,” the lawsuit said.

Persons: Phil Murphy, Murphy, Kaitlan Baston, New Jersey —, Shawn Fain, Matt Rourke, ”, smokin, Bill Organizations: New, New York CNN, Atlantic City, United Auto Workers, New Jersey Gov, Act, Workers, United Auto Workers union, Caesars, Tropicana, statehouse, New Jersey Health Department, New Jersey News, ’ Rights, Bally’s, CNN, Caesars Atlantic City, Caesars Entertainment Locations: New York, New Jersey, Bally’s, Trenton , NJ, City, Middletown , New Jersey, Atlantic, Pall

☆ Tropicana Las Vegas Closing Tuesday to Make Way for a Baseball Stadium
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Johnny Diaz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The famous Tropicana Las Vegas resort, which held the city’s longest-running cabaret and was known for its lavish midcentury décor, will close on Tuesday as it prepares for demolition to make way for a new Major League Baseball stadium. After the demolition, about nine acres of the 35-acre parcel will be granted to the Athletics baseball team for the construction of a 30,000-seat stadium, the resort said. The stadium is expected to host the team beginning in 2028. There was discussion last year that the Tropicana would be redeveloped to make room for an integrated resort, casino and ballpark complex. Specific designs are still being finalized, according to the resort.

Organizations: Tropicana, Major League Baseball, Bally’s Corporation, Athletics Locations: Vegas

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is confident the Oakland Athletics will be playing in Las Vegas starting in 2028. “There’s going to be bumps along the road.”The Nevada Legislature approved $380 million in public financing last June for a $1.5 billion stadium on the Las Vegas Strip that is expected to be completed for the 2028 season. “I am confident that the deal in Las Vegas is solid and that the A's will build a stadium in Las Vegas and play there in 2028,” Manfred said. It’s unclear whether the A’s will play 2025 home games in Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco or a minor league stadium in Las Vegas. We need to know before that exactly where they’re going to be, because it will impact travel issues, whatever, if they’re not in Oakland.”___

Persons: Rob Manfred, you’re, you’ve, it’s, Manfred, “ There’s, “, ” Manfred, it'll, they’re, ” Organizations: — Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Las Vegas, ” The, ” The Nevada Legislature, MLB, Oakland Locations: TAMPA, Fla, that’s, ”, ” The Nevada, Las Vegas, Bally’s, Oakland , Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Tropicana Las Vegas, a Sin City landmark for more than six decades, is shutting its doors in the spring to make room for a $1.5 billion Major League Baseball stadium that will be home to the relocating Oakland Athletics. All 30 MLB owners in November gave their approval for the A's to move to Las Vegas. The company's announcement came just a month after the Tropicana and the Culinary Workers Union, which represents about 500 workers there, reached an agreement for a new five-year contract. For veteran workers at the Tropicana, Pappageorge said, that totals tens of thousands of dollars. “In Las Vegas, hotels are bought and sold on a regular basis," Pappageorge said.

Persons: Tiffany, ”, George Papanier, Bally's, Ted Pappageorge, Pappageorge Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Tropicana, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Bally's Corp, Las, NFL’s Vegas Raiders, Golden Knights, Culinary Workers Union Locations: Vegas, Sin, Las Vegas, Oakland, Rhode

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Oakland Athletics’ move to Las Vegas was unanimously approved Thursday by Major League Baseball team owners, cementing the sport’s first relocation since 2005, according to two people familiar with the vote. Las Vegas will become the fourth city for a franchise that played in Philadelphia from 1901-54, moved to Kansas City for 13 seasons and arrived in Oakland for 1968. The new stadium will be the team’s fifth after Columbia Park (1901-08), Shibe Park (1909-54), Memorial Stadium (1955-67) and the Coliseum. The team announced April 19 it had purchased land in Las Vegas, then a month later replaced that location with a deal with Bally’s and Gaming & Leisure Properties to build a stadium on the Tropicana hotel site along the Las Vegas Strip. While San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose is the 10th-largest television market in the U.S., Las Vegas is the 40th.

Persons: Oakland Athletics ’, Rob Manfred, San Jose, Tony Clark, Louis, ___ Blum, ___ Organizations: Oakland Athletics, Las Vegas, Major League Baseball, Associated Press, Oakland Coliseum, Las, Kansas City, Columbia, Shibe Park, Coliseum, Washington Senators, Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants, Laney College, Bally’s, Gaming, Leisure Properties, Tropicana, Nevada’s, Oakland Raiders, Mobile, Stanley, Vegas Golden Knights, Baseball, ’, MLB, Supreme, NFL, Raiders, Colts, Cardinals, Rams, Oilers, Houston, Chargers Locations: ARLINGTON , Texas, Las, Nevada, Vegas, Philadelphia, Kansas, Oakland, Fremont, East, San Jose, Laney, Las Vegas, Francisco, San, U.S, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Phoenix, Angeles, St, LA, Nashville, San Diego, New York

NEW YORK (AP) — Gaming giant Bally's paid $60 million to buy the right to operate a public golf course in New York City from Donald Trump's company, the former president's namesake son testified Thursday. Trump Jr. said the sales price was $60 million, but the Trump Organization had incurred “a lot of costs” over the years, so he wasn't sure of the net profit. The Trump Organization managed the 18-hole course, which is visible from the Whitestone Bridge and boasts views of the Manhattan skyline, from 2015 until this year. The ruling would have allowed the Trump Organization to operate the course through the expiration of its lease in 2035. “The Trump Organization is Financially Strong, Powerful, Very Liquid, AND HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG,” Trump wrote.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Trump Jr, It's, wasn’t, Bill de Blasio, Letitia James, Donald Jr, Eric, ”, James, Arthur Engoron, ” Trump Organizations: —, Trump Organization, U.S . Capitol, Trump, New York, Republican, Social, “ Locations: New York City, Whitestone, Manhattan

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump Organization has sold its right to operate a public golf course in the Bronx, city officials confirmed, offloading control of the publicly-owned property to a company that is seeking to build a casino in New York City. Bally’s Corporation, a gaming and entertainment company, will take over the job of running the 18-hole course, known as Trump Golf Links Ferry Point, according to a spokesperson for the city’s comptroller. That argument was rejected by a state judge last year, a ruling that would have allowed the Trump Organization to operate the course through the expiration of its lease in 2035. In a statement, city Comptroller Brad Lander said he was “delighted that Trump’s name will no longer deface city parkland.”Emailed inquiries to Bally’s and the Trump Organization were not returned. Under the new deal, Bally’s will take over full operations, management and maintenance of the golf course, removing the Trump Organization from any involvement with the property, according to the comptroller’s spokesperson.

Persons: Bill de Blasio, Brad Lander, “, Bally’s, ” Dan Kastanis Organizations: Trump Organization, Bally’s Corporation, Trump, U.S . Capitol, New, New York Democrats, New York Times Locations: Bronx, New York City, Whitestone, New York, New

☆ DJ Casper, artist behind ‘Cha Cha Slide,’ has died
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —DJ Casper, born Willie Perry, Jr., has died after a battle with cancer, his wife told CNN affiliate ABC7 Chicago on Monday. Casper was responsible for the popular song “Cha Cha Slide,” which came out 23 years ago this month. Coming off of his “Cha-Cha Slide: The Original Slide Album,” the track gave way to a popular line dance that is still performed at events all over the world. Casper told ABC7 during an interview in May that he was surprised by his song’s international success. “When I first did it, I did it as an aerobic exercise for my nephew at Bally’s,” he said.

Persons: DJ Casper, Willie Perry , Jr, Casper, ”, Elroy Smith, WGCI Organizations: CNN, ABC7 Chicago Locations: Chicago, Cha, Bally’s

☆ Chicago’s Big Pension Gamble
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Chicago government-worker pensions are massively under-funded. So in typical Chicago-land fashion, the City Council is betting on casino revenue to plug the pension gap. Do taxpayers and workers feel lucky? City aldermen last month approved a $1.7 billion casino and entertainment complex by Bally’s Corp. that will supposedly generate $200 million annually in tax revenue for the city police and firefighter pension funds—assuming financial forecasts prove accurate. Remember, this is Chicago.

☆ Freddie Roman, Catskills comedy scene staple and former Friars Club dean, dies at 85
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Comedian Freddie Roman, the former dean of The Friars Club and a staple of the Catskills comedy scene, has died. Roman died Saturday afternoon at Bethesda Hospital in Boynton Beach, Florida, his booking agent and friend Alison Chaplin said Sunday. His uncle and grandfather owned the Crystal Spring Hotel in the Catskills, where Roman started emceeing at age 15. In “Catskills on Broadway,” Roman commented about everything from his childhood in Queens to his “retirement life” in Florida. He was also made Dean of the New York City Friars Club, where he mentored many aspiring comedians and infused the private club with young talent.

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