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November 14, 2011

Caesars' group tours Baltimore slots site

Annie Linskey sent this report from a meeting of Maryland's slots commission:

A development group led by Caesars Entertainment plans a two story casino ringed with restaurants in Baltimore, members of the only bidder for the city's slots site said Monday.

The team toured an empty lot on Russell Street near the M&T Bank Stadium Monday afternoon and filled in some details about their bid. It was all part of a meeting of the state's slots commission.

"This is a very exciting project," said Gary Loveman, the chairman and CEO of Caesars. "We have thought Baltimore has a tremendous future," he said.

Loveman touted Caesars rewards program which he said has 43 million members. He said the group would market the new casino to that group.

Posted by Eileen Canzian at 4:02 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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the heck with slots only...bring on the table games......go blackjack

Posted by: anthony | November 14, 2011 5:25 PM

Caesars said that it plans to invest $310 million in the Baltimore casino and that it would create 1,225 jobs

Posted by: nickp91 | November 14, 2011 6:19 PM

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Annie Linskey covers state politics and government for The Baltimore Sun. Previously, as a City Hall reporter, she wrote about the corruption trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon and kept a close eye on city spending. Originally from Connecticut, Annie has also lived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where she reported on war crimes tribunals and landmines. She lives in Canton.

John Fritze has covered politics and government at the local, state and federal levels for more than a decade and is now The Baltimore Sun’s Washington correspondent. He previously wrote about Congress for USA TODAY, where he led coverage of the health care overhaul debate and the 2010 election. A native of Albany, N.Y., he currently lives in Montgomery County.

Julie Scharper covers City Hall and Baltimore politics. A native of Baltimore County, she graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 2001 and spent two years teaching in Honduras before joining The Baltimore Sun. She has followed the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pa., in the year after a schoolhouse massacre, reported on courts and crime in Anne Arundel County, and chronicled the unique personalities and places of Baltimore City and its surrounding counties.

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