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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Boyd Gaming, the parent company of the Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, announced Tuesday they would be laying off nearly 600 employees at the Kansas City location.
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The move is in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which closed casinos and hotels across the country.
The company estimates it will lay off 578 employees in the first two weeks of July.
Employees who are not laid off are likely to remain on furlough for longer than six months after the day it began.
Boyd Gaming said it is not sure exactly how many employees will be affected, but listed a rough estimate of jobs being cut in their announcement of the layoffs.
The company provided a statement Tuesday to 41 Action News, explaining the reason for the decision:
There continues to be uncertainty surrounding opening dates for many of our properties across the country that have been closed since mid-March. In addition, it is very difficult to predict what business levels will look like when we reopen, and how long it will take for business to recover to normal levels.
While we are trying to be as transparent as possible with our team members, we cannot determine at this time exactly how many team members will be recalled to work, and how many will need to be laid off. As a result, in accordance with applicable laws, we are providing notice to a portion of our workforce of the possibility for layoffs.
While we deal with this uncertainty, we empathize with our furloughed team members and understand the difficulties they face. Accordingly, we are notifying furloughed team members that we will continue paying 100% of their benefit premiums through July 31.
As the situation continues to evolve and we learn more, we will continue to provide updates to our team members.
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| Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Address | 3200 Ameristar Drive |
| Opening date | January 16, 1997; 23 years ago |
| No. of rooms | 184 |
| Total gaming space | 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) |
| Casino type | Riverboat |
| Owner | Gaming and Leisure Properties |
| Operating license holder | Boyd Gaming |
| Previous names | Station Casino Kansas City (1997–2000) |
| Website | ameristarkansascity.com |
Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City (formerly Station Casino Kansas City) is a hotel and casino located on the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Boyd Gaming.
The 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m2) casino has 2,800 slot and video poker machines, 57 table games, a live poker room with 15 poker tables, exclusive high-limit slot and table games areas, and a 184-room hotel that includes 36 mini and 12 king suites.[1]
History[edit]
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The facility opened on January 16, 1997 as Station Casino. Ameristar Casinos acquired the property on December 19, 2000 and it was rebranded to its current name.
In August 2013, the property became part of Pinnacle Entertainment when that company acquired Ameristar Casinos.[2] In April 2016, the property was sold to Gaming and Leisure Properties along with almost all of Pinnacle's real estate assets, and leased back to Pinnacle.[3][4]
In October 2018, Pinnacle sold the casino's operating business to Boyd Gaming, along with three other casinos, in connection with Pinnacle's acquisition by Penn National Gaming.[5] The sale was required by antitrust regulators because Penn National already operated two casinos in the Kansas City area.[6] The sale included a perpetual license to use the Ameristar name.[7]
References[edit]
- ^'Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City Fact Sheet'(PDF). Pinnacle Entertainment. Archived from the original(PDF) on June 1, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
- ^Bryant, Tim (August 21, 2013). 'Icahn to return to St. Louis business prominence with Lumiere deal'. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- ^'Missouri Gaming Commission approves transfer of casino properties'. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 23, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- ^'Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. completes the previously announced acquisition of the real estate assets of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc' (Press release). Pinnacle Entertainment. April 28, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
- ^'Boyd Gaming completes acquisition of four Pinnacle Entertainment assets' (Press release). Boyd Gaming. October 15, 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-16 – via PR Newswire.
- ^Andrew Vaupel (October 2, 2018). 'FTC orders sale of KC casino'. Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^'FTC requires casino operators Penn National Gaming, Inc. and Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. to divest assets in three Midwestern cities as a condition of merger' (Press release). Federal Trade Commission. October 1, 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
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