Eldorado Resorts Names Steve Callender Senior Vice President of Eastern Regional Operations
January 16, 2019
– Jason L. Gregorec to Succeed Steve Callender as Vice President and
General Manager of Tropicana Casino and Resort, Atlantic City –
RENO, Nev.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERI) (“Eldorado” or the “Company”)
announced today that Steve Callender has been named Senior Vice
President of Operations for the East Region. Mr. Callender most recently
served as General Manager of Eldorado’s Tropicana Casino and Resort,
Atlantic City, where he has held executive positions since 2010. Jason
L. Gregorec, who most recently served as the Chief Executive
Officer/General Manager of Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, Michigan,
will succeed Steve Callender as Vice President and General Manager of
Tropicana Casino and Resort, Atlantic City, subject to customary
regulatory approvals. Mr. Callender and Mr. Gregorec’s appointments
reflect Eldorado’s ongoing commitment to driving operational excellence,
unparalleled guest experiences, talent development and a positive
corporate culture to support the Company’s continued growth.
Mr. Callender brings over 40 years of proven gaming industry experience
to his new position, where he will report to Anthony L. Carano, Eldorado
Resorts’ President & Chief Operating Officer. In his new role, Mr.
Callender will have operational responsibility for Tropicana Casino and
Resort, Atlantic City, NJ; Eldorado Scioto Downs, Columbus, OH; and
Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort, New Cumberland, WV. Mr.
Callender began his career at Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City’s
first casino in 1978. Over the next decade, he ascended to executive
positions of increasing responsibility, eventually assuming the role of
Vice President of Casino Operations. Over the following years, Mr.
Callender served as Casino Manager for the Atlantic City Hilton, and
Senior Vice President of Table Operations at Bally’s Atlantic City,
where he was instrumental in integrating the acquired Claridge Casino
into the Bally’s brand. Following a four year return to Resorts Casino
Hotel, Atlantic City as Senior Vice President of Operations, he moved to
Tropicana as Vice President of Table Games in 2010.
Mr. Gregorec is a gaming industry veteran with 25 years of experience
and a strong record of managing day to day operations, elevating guest
service and experiences, driving financial performance, coaching
employees and building culture through training and development,
managing property renovations and refining direct marketing strategies.
Prior to his most recent position as Chief Executive Officer/General
Manager of Greektown Casino-Hotel, he served in executive capacities for
several of the country’s leading gaming companies including Tropicana
Entertainment, Station Casinos, Majestic Star Casinos, and Trump Casinos.
Commenting on the executive changes, Anthony Carano said, “Steve and
Jason have extensive, proven gaming industry careers and deep experience
that are an excellent match with their new positions and Eldorado’s
expanded operating base. We are confident that our facilities and the
property management teams in Steve’s region will benefit from his vast
industry knowledge and experience. Likewise, Jason’s successful track
record in many of the country’s most competitive gaming markets and his
focus on the communities where he has operated make him ideally suited
to extend Steve’s success at Tropicana Casino and Resort, Atlantic City,
which has performed very well since Eldorado’s acquisition of the
property last fall.”
Steve Callender is a graduate of Glassboro State College (now Rowan
University) and is actively engaged in enriching the Atlantic County
community. He served as the 2013 and 2014 General Campaign Chair for the
United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey and in 2009 was
casino chair for the Southern Shore Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Most recently, Steve was named President of the 200 Club of Atlantic and
Cape May Counties and the Atlantic City Casino Industry Executive Chair
for the American Red Cross – Penn Jersey Region.
Jason Gregorec earned a degree from the University of Nevada, Reno and
has successfully completed Dale Carnegie programs for leadership,
communications and human relations. He has served on many gaming
industry professional organizations including Vice Chairman of the
Casino Association of Indiana and Board of Commissioners and Vice
President of the Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau. He has also
served as a Keynote Speaker on the gaming industry at DePaul University
Chicago and Roosevelt University Chicago. Mr. Gregorec served in the 12th
Special Forces Group, US Army Reserves from 1989 through 1997,
supervising and assisting in airborne operations and was deployed to the
Middle East for various operations.
About Eldorado Resorts, Inc.
Eldorado Resorts is a leading casino entertainment company that owns and
operates twenty-seven properties in thirteen states, including Colorado,
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In aggregate,
Eldorado’s properties feature more than 28,000 slot machines and VLTs
and over 600 table games, and over 12,500 hotel rooms. For more
information, please visit www.eldoradoresorts.com.
Contacts
Anthony Carano
President & Chief Operating Officer
Eldorado
Resorts, Inc.
775/328-0102
investorrelations@eldoradoresorts.com
Joseph
N. Jaffoni, James Leahy
JCIR
212/835-8500
eri@jcir.com