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Tropicana president, COO resigns
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Thomas McCartney has resigned as president and chief operating officer of Tropicana Las Vegas, the company announced Tuesday.
McCartney's resignation will be effective Oct. 31, the company said in a statement.
"I am confident that Tropicana Las Vegas once again has become a very competitive property on the Las Vegas Strip due to its physical and service transformation," McCartney said.
As of Tuesday, no replacement for McCartney had been announced. Tropicana CEO Alex Yemenidjian hired McCartney in December 2009 to oversee the hotel's $165 million renovation and expansion.
"Tom had a tremendous impact on many aspects of our operations, especially in shaping our service culture," Yemenidjian said in a statement.
Most recently, the hotel at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue, ended its partnership with Miami-based club operator Nikki Beach. The company decided to operate the hotel's pool, café and nightclub in house.
McCartney joined the Tropicana after a 10-month stint as president of Planet Hollywood. He has also served as executive vice president of the Luxor and senior vice president of New York-New York.
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I am guessing that McCartney has a much bigger opportunity out there which is why he is leaving.
Halloween. /mrobvious
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Forget vision, just bring someone in with some gaming experience. Yemenidjian has 0 gaming experience. I think he had an office at the MGM but has never been accountable for an operation, department or anything else. Silver spoon baby with monster ego and no experience. He should run for office, he would fit right in with the other "representatives" in WA.
Mob Experience, Nikki Beach, problems in the theater. 3 strikes and yer out.
COO.....NOT CEO
Yes it is... bringing in someone with greater vision and experience.
its hard to make a diffrence when hope and change has collapsed and failed to deliver any glimmer of sucess in las vegas ...clearly the worlds largest affermitive action project has failed ...leadership knows no color or race ...maybe we can see this before we are too old to give a damn ..and or move away to give up on a town we busted our asses to help build ..i dont give up easy but im starting to wonder if i am waisting my time here ???
Not a good sign.