DALLAS, Texas 9/3/2008 1:13:49 AM
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Beacon Equity Issues Trade Alerts on Resort/Gaming Stocks: MGM, LVS, WYNN, PENN, MPEL, BYD

DALLAS, Texas - Today’s Trade Alerts include: MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGM), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), Wynn Resorts Ltd. (Nasdaq: WYNN), Penn National Gaming Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN), Melco Crown Entertainment (Nasdaq: MPEL) and Boyd Gaming Corp. (NYSE: BYD).

 

MGM MIRAGE (MGM) shares are slightly up at noon Tuesday, climbing to $35.35. MGM MIRAGE is a gaming company. It engages in the ownership and operation of casino resorts, which includes offering gaming, hotel, dining, entertainment, retail and other resort amenities...

The casino operators president told Reuters on Friday the company has secured $2.3 billion of the remaining $3 billion in funding needed for its massive CityCenter project on the Las Vegas Strip

President Jim Murren said the company received a commitment for $300 million from China Construction Bank, which follows a recent $150 million from three other banks and $100 million from a fifth bank.  The company said earlier in August that it received lending commitments from several banks totaling $1.65 billion and expected to finalize the total $3 billion financing package by the end of September...”

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) shares climbed 3.56% to $49.18 Tuesday mid-day.  Las Vegas Sands Corp. owns and operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino (The Venetian), The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino (The Palazzo), The Sands Expo and Convention Center (The Sands Expo Center) and The Congress Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Sands Macao and The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel (The Venetian Macao) in Macao, China. It is also creating a development of integrated resort properties, anchored by The Venetian Macao, which the company refers to as the Cotai Strip in Macao

 

In an interview with the with the Chinese-language Economic Daily News, sister publication of Taiwan Economic News, President William Weidner said the company is probing the opportunity of setting up a casino in Taipei or Kaohsiung, in case the Taiwanese government opens up a casino establishment

 

Weidner revealed that he recently went to Taiwan discussing with Taiwanese officials for the establishment of a casino resort. He also reported that the company is no longer interested in setting up a casino resort at the offshore island of Penghu, after the group abandoned the plan in 2000 due to the opposition of former Democratic Progressive Party running counter to ex-President Chen Shui-bian`s pledged support to the project initially…”

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