Abstract
UNLV Libraries Collection of Argosy Gaming Company Promotional Materials and Reports includes annual reports, financial reports, prospectus, equity reports, stockholder meeting notices, 10-K reports, 10-Q reports, and newspaper clippings for Argosy Gaming Company in Alton, Illinois, dating from 1993 to 2001.
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UNLV Libraries Collection of Argosy Gaming Company Promotional Materials and Reports includes annual reports, financial reports, prospectus, equity reports, stockholder meeting notices, 10-K reports, 10-Q reports, and newspaper clippings for Argosy Gaming Company in Alton, Illinois, dating from 1993 to 2001. This collection contains items previously described as "Prospectus, 5,000,000 shares Argosy Gaming Company common stock," "Annual report," and "Prospectus, $1,000,000 Argosy Gaming Company % convertible subordinated notes due 2001."
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Collection is open for research.
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Materials are arranged by material type.
Biographical / Historical Note
Argosy Gaming Company opened its first riverboat casino in Alton, Illinois in 1991, and went public in 1993. In 1994, Argosy Gaming Company expanded by opening riverboat casinos in Missouri, Louisiana, and Iowa. By the late 1990s, Argosy Gaming Company was licensed to run these casinos in all five cruising states, making them the only company at the time to do so.
In 2004, Argosy Gaming Company was acquired by Penn National Gaming Inc. for $2.2 billion, a merger that raised concerns in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This was because the two companies were the only ones providing casino services in that city. In 2005, the FTC agreed to allow the merger provided Penn National sold its Argosy Baton Rouge property to a competitor to prevent a monopoly in the area.
Sources:
"Argosy Gaming Company History." FundingUniverse. http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/argosy-gaming-company-history/. Accessed August 30, 2019.
"Preserving Competition for Casino Services in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, FTC Clears Penn Nationals Purchase of Argosy Gaming." Federal Trade Commission. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2005/07/preserving-competition-casino-services-baton-rouge-louisiana-ftc. Accessed August 30, 2019.
Preferred Citation
UNLV Libraries Collection of Argosy Gaming Company Promotional Materials and Reports, 1993-2001. MS-00958. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were acquired periodically by UNLV Special Collections and Archives from a variety of sources; accession number 2019-080.
Processing Note
In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Kyle Gagnon compiled the materials from multiple sources that included subject files and previously cataloged materials. Kyle Gagnon wrote the finding aid.