Caesars Entertainment

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Caesars Entertainment Corporation

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legal form Corporation
ISIN US1276861036
founding 1937
Seat Las Vegas , United States
management Mark Frissora, CEO
Number of employees 31,000
sales $ 3.877 billion
Branch Entertainment, hotel
Website www.caesars.com
As of December 31, 2016

Caesars Entertainment Corp. (until 2010: Harrah's Entertainment Inc. ) is a company from the United States with headquarters in Las Vegas , Nevada . The company is listed in the S&P 500 share index. It operates hotels , casinos , golf clubs and is a provider of various games of chance. Every year Caesars organizes the World Series of Poker , one of the greatest sporting events in the world.

history

The company was founded in October 1937 as a provider of bingo by William F. Harrah. In 2005, Harrah's Entertainment acquired Caesars Entertainment, Inc. On December 19, 2006, Harrah's Entertainment management accepted an offer from Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group . As of November 23, 2010, the company was called Ceasars Entertainment Corp. around. The company went public in February 2012 .

Business activity

The most important hotels and casinos include:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Caesars 2016 Form 10-K Report ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 9, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / investor.caesars.com
  2. Harrah's Entertainment accepts the takeover offer ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Las Vegas Sun , December 19, 2006 .  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lasvegassun.com