Abstract
The UNLV Libraries Collection of Grand Casinos, Inc. Promotional Materials and Reports includes annual reports, financial reports, newspaper and magazine clippings, press kits, press releases, and promotional materials for Grand Casinos, Inc. properties in Mississippi, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Nevada, dating from 1992-2002.
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The UNLV Libraries Collection of Grand Casinos, Inc. Promotional Materials and Reports includes annual reports, financial reports, newspaper and magazine clippings, press kits, press releases, and promotional materials for Grand Casinos, Inc. properties in Mississippi, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Nevada, dating from 1992-2002. This collection includes materials previously described as "Promotional and Publicity Materials: Grand Casinos, Inc.," "Prospectus $450,000,000 Grand Casinos, Inc. 10 1/8% first mortgage notes due 2003," "Promotional and Publicity Materials: Grand Casinos Mille Lacs Reservation and Hinkley, Minnesota," and "Grand Casinos, Inc. 1992-."
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in alphabetical order.
Biographical / Historical Note
Grand Casinos, Inc. is a casino entertainment company that develops, constructs, and manages comprehensive gaming and entertainment properties in Mississippi, Louisiana, Minnesota, and owns approximately 43% of the Stratosphere, located in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1998, Hilton Hotels Corporation spun off a subsidiary, Park Place Entertainment, and Park Place Entertainment acquired Grand Casinos, Inc. During the merger, Grand Casinos, Inc. other operations were renamed Lakes Entertainment, Inc., to reflect their focus on non-casino businesses. As of 2015, Lakes Entertainment, Inc. agreed to a merger with Golden Entertainment.
Sources:
Grand Casinos, Inc. (1995) Prospectus $450,000,000 Grand Casinos, Inc. 10 1/8% first mortgage notes due 2003. UNLV Libraries Collection of Grand Casinos, Inc. Promotional Materials and Reports, 1991-1997. MS-00960. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Stutz, Howard. 2015 January 26"Golden Gaming to merge with Lakes Entertainment, acquire Maryland casino".
Grand Casinos, Inc. 1998. Retrieved from http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/grand-casinos-inc-history/, Accessed September 11, 2019.
Preferred Citation
UNLV Libraries Collection of Grand Casinos, Inc. Promotional Materials and Reports, 1992-2002. MS-00960. 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 2019-083.
Processing Note
In 2019 as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Miguel Dominguez compiled the materials from multiple sources that included subject files and previously cataloged material. Miguel Dominguez wrote the finding aid.