Black Gaming, LLC was a casino holding company that owned the CasaBlanca Resort and the Virgin River Casino in Mesquite, Nevada.[1] It also owned the former Mesquite Star hotel-casino, which the company operated as a non-gaming convention center.[2][3] The company headquarters were originally located in Summerlin, Nevada.[3] The company also owned the Oasis resort in Mesquite.
History
Black Gaming was owned by Randy Black Sr.[1] The company opened its first hotel-casino, the Virgin River, in 1990.[4][5]
In 2006 the company reorganized so that the casinos were owned wholly owned by "Casablanca LLC".[6]
In December 2008, Black Gaming announced the partial closing of the Oasis Casino,[7] with only the time-share units remaining. The casino was demolished in 2013.
In March 2010, Black Gaming filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to eliminate the majority of its debt.[8]
In 2011 Black Gaming was diminished and Casablanca LLC was taken over by now CEO Anthony Toti to form Mesquite Gaming
External links
References
- Liz Benston. Black Gaming moves closer to bankruptcy Las Vegas Sun, 2009-02-20, retrieved 28 July 2009^
- Black Gaming LinkedIn Corporation, retrieved 28 July 2009^
- FORM 10-K retrieved 29 July 2009^
- Virgin River Hotel celebrates silver anniversary Desert Valley Times, September 10, 2015, retrieved May 19, 2020^
- Vernon Robison. Remembering 30 Years At The Virgin River Moapa Valley Progress, September 30, 2020, retrieved February 17, 2021^
- Black Gaming Announces Reorganization. Business Wire, 2006-12-31, retrieved 2009-07-28^
- Steve Green. Black Gaming announces layoffs, business closures Las Vegas Sun, 2009-05-20, retrieved 28 July 2009^
- Black Gaming LLC files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Reuters, 2010-03-01, retrieved 2026-02-07^