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=<div>wapo</div><div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Bernhardt has formally recused himself from issues involving Cadiz.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But another BHFS client from which Bernhardt is recused, an affiliate of <b>MGM Resorts International,</b> won only a temporary victory under Trump.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">MGM has opposed the effort of two Connecticut tribes, the Mashantucket Pequot and the Mohegan, to run a casino in East Windsor, Conn. MGM Public Policy has paid BHFS a total of $560,000 since 2017 to retain it as a representative on tribal-gaming issues.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The previous Interior chief, Ryan Zinke, decided in 2017 not to grant the tribes approval, a decision they charge stemmed from political pressure. The matter has sparked a Justice Department probe into the former interior secretary.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">On March 21, however, Interior published a notice in the Federal Register approving the tribes’ amended gaming compacts. This will allow them to operate a commercial casino just 12 miles away from MGM’s gambling complex in Springfield, Mass.</font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</div><div>=</div><div>...<strong style="color: rgb(61, 61, 52); font-family: " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" liberation="Liberation" sans="Sans" freesans="FreeSans" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" border="border" margin="margin" padding="padding">1999 and Beyond: Going Upscale As Mandalay</strong></div><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(61, 61, 52); font-family: " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" liberation="Liberation" sans="Sans" freesans="FreeSans" sans-serif="sans-serif">In the midst of a Las Vegas Strip building boom that promised to add thousands of new hotel rooms to the gambling mecca, Circus Circus was betting its future on its biggest resort yet, Mandalay Bay. Construction of the hotel-casino began in 1997 on the site of the Hacienda, which was imploded on New Year's Eve 1996. Opened in March 1999, Mandalay Bay marked Circus Circus's move upscale. Costing $950 million to build, the South Seas-themed megaresort included 3,700 hotel rooms and 100,000 square feet of casino space; 15 restaurants, a 12,000-seat sports and entertainment complex, a Broadway-style theater, and a House of Blues nightclub; and an 11-acre pool 'environment' featuring a beach, a shark tank, and a wave machine through which world-class surfing competitions were able to be held. Adjacent to the new casino, Circus Circus also built a high-class, 424-room Four Seasons Hilton, which did not offer gambling but became the first hotel in Las Vegas to receive the coveted five-diamond rating from the American Automobile Association.</p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(61, 61, 52); font-family: " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" liberation="Liberation" sans="Sans" freesans="FreeSans" sans-serif="sans-serif">The initial results at Mandalay Bay were positive, and the increased traffic within Circus Circus's 'Masterplan Mile' helped to improve results at the struggling Luxor. Circus Circus moved its headquarters to Mandalay Bay following its opening and further signaled its future direction by changing the company name to Mandalay Resort Group in June 1999. As it looked toward the early 21st century, Mandalay Resort had no immediate plans to develop another megaresort on the Strip, although it had land set aside for that purpose. It did have in the works smaller additions to the Mandalay Bay area, including a time-share condominium development. Also in the development stages were a casino in Detroit, Michigan, being developed through a joint venture 45 percent owned by the company; and a hotel-casino resort on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the third largest U.S. gambling market after Las Vegas and Atlantic City.</p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(61, 61, 52); font-family: " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" liberation="Liberation" sans="Sans" freesans="FreeSans" sans-serif="sans-serif"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Principal Subsidiaries:</strong> Circus Circus Casinos, Inc. (dba Circus Circus Hotel & Casino-Las Vegas, Circus Circus Hotel & Casino-Reno, and Silver City Casino); Slots-A-Fun, Inc. (dba Slots-A-Fun Casino); Edgewater Hotel Corporation (dba Edgewater Hotel & Casino); Colorado Belle Corp. (dba Colorado Belle Hotel & Casino); New Castle Corp. (dba Excalibur Hotel & Casino); Ramparts, Inc. (dba Luxor Hotel & Casino); Circus Circus Mississippi, Inc. (dba Gold Strike Casino Resort); Pinkless, Inc.; Mandalay Corp. (dba Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino); Circus Circus Development Corp.; Ramparts International; Galleon, Inc.; M.S.E. Investments, Incorporated; Last Chance Investments, Incorporated; Goldstrike Investments, Incorporated; Diamond Gold, Inc.; Oasis Development Company, Inc.; Goldstrike Finance Company, Inc.; Railroad Pass Investment Group (dba Railroad Pass Hotel & Casino); Jean Development Company (dba Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall; Jean Development West (dba Nevada Landing Hotel & Casino); Nevada Landing Partnership; Gold Strike L.V.; Jean Development North; Lakeview Gaming Partnerships Joint Venture; Goldstrike Resorts, Inc.; Gold Strike Fuel Company; Jean Fuel Company West; Goldstrike Aviation, Incorporated; Circus Circus Louisiana, Inc.; Circus Circus Michigan, Inc.; Circus Australia Casino, Inc.; Circus Circus New Jersey, Inc.; Pine Hills Development II; Scentsational, Inc.; Darling Casino Limited (Australia; 50%); Circus and Eldorado Joint Venture (50%); Detroit Entertainment, L.L.C. (45%); Victoria Partners (50%); Elgin Riverboat Resort (50%); Pine Hills Development (90%); Circus Circus Leasing, Inc. (78.7%); New Dirt, Inc.; Ramparts International PTE Ltd. (Singapore); Time Share Operating Co.</p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(61, 61, 52); font-family: " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" liberation="Liberation" sans="Sans" freesans="FreeSans" sans-serif="sans-serif"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Principal Competitors:</strong> Aztar Corporation; Boomtown, Inc.; Boyd Gaming Corporation; Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.; Hollywood Casino Corporation; MGM Grand, Inc.; Mirage Resorts, Incorporated; Park Place Entertainment Corporation; Santa Fe Gaming Corporation; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.; Station Casinos, Inc.; Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc.</p><div></div></div>