Downtown casinos get new management group

Dec. 24–Four downtown casinos have new management under a deal struck late last week. Tamares Group has retained the Navegante Group, a casino-development company, to manage its Plaza, Las Vegas Club, Gold Spike and Western hotels. Together, the hotels have about 2,000 employees and 1,600 rooms.

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Wed, December 28th, 2005

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