Century Casinos
Century Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNTY) is a gaming company based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The company owns and operates five casinos in Colorado and Alberta. It also operates casinos on cruise ships for Oceania, TUI, Windstar, and Regent Seven Seas, and manages a casino at the Radisson Aruba.[1] It owns a 67 percent share in Casinos Poland, which owns and operates nine casinos in Poland.[2]
History
Century Casinos was formed in 1992 by several executives of Casinos Austria.[3][4]
In 2007, the company paid $8.7 million to acquire a 33 percent stake in Casinos Poland.[5] Century increased its stake to 67 percent in April 2013.[2]
In December 2012, Century announced an agreement to finance and manage a horse track and casino to be built in Balzac, Alberta.[6] The casino opened in April 2015.[7] The expansion in Alberta continued in June 2016 with an agreement to purchase the Apex Casino in St. Albert, Alberta for $12.3 million.[8] In September 2016, the company was selected over three other applicants to open a racetrack in the Edmonton area; the $50-million Century Mile would feature a mile-long track and a casino.[9]
List of properties
- Century Casino Calgary — Calgary, Alberta
- Century Casino Central City — Central City, Colorado
- Century Casino Cripple Creek — Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Century Casino Edmonton — Edmonton, Alberta
- Century Downs Racetrack and Casino — Balzac, Alberta
References
- ↑ Century Casinos. "Corporate Profile". Retrieved 2012-07-31.
- 1 2 Form 10-K: Annual Report (Report). Century Casinos. March 11, 2016. p. 6 – via EDGAR.
- ↑ "Casino owners to merge". Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. December 29, 1993. – via Factiva (subscription required)
- ↑ Heilman, Wayne (August 23, 1996). "Casino company to move offices from Denver to downtown Springs". Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. – via Factiva (subscription required)
- ↑ "Century Casinos unit completes acquisition of co. that holds stake in Casinos Poland". Associated Press Newswires. March 13, 2007. – via Factiva (subscription required)
- ↑ Zickefoose, Sherri (December 3, 2012). "Century Casino doles out $13M loan for proposed Balzac race track". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
- ↑ "Casino opens north of Calgary, harness racing to arrive in coming weeks". CTV News Calgary. April 1, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
- ↑ Wayne Heilman (June 30, 2016). "Colorado Springs-based casino operator snags another Canadian property". The Gazette. Colorado Springs. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
- ↑ Curtis Stock (September 19, 2016). "New Edmonton-area horse-racing track to be built near airport by Century Casinos". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
