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Dec. 17, 2008
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Harrah’s renames Macau golf course

BY ARNOLD KNIGHTLY
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Harrah’s Entertainment has renamed its Macau golf course Caesars Golf Macau as part of a redevelopment that includes the establishment of Asia’s first Butch Harmon School of Golf.

The the par-72 golf course development will include an expansion of the clubhouse to 32,000 square feet with a 4,000-square-foot spa, a pro shop and restaurant, according to a Tuesday press release.


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    • No cost for the project was given in the release but Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Loveman told the Macau Daily Times the cost was $25.8 million.

    In September 2007, the casino giant acquired the 175-acre Macau Orient Golf Course and rights to a land concession contract for $577.7 million.

    Some gaming observers believed Harrah’s had planned to transform the land into a hotel-casino site before Chinese officials announced in April no new casino licenses would be approved.

    Harrah’s owns six golf courses in the United States, including Rio Secco Golf Club in Henderson and Cascata Golf Club in Boulder City.

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    mark wrote on December 17, 2008 03:36 PM: I bet they would love to have that $600 million back!


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    BammBamm wrote on December 17, 2008 12:02 PM: I think it's news that they dropped $600 million on a freaking golf course. I can't believe they would throw that amount of money away on something that probably won't become a casino any time soon. Oh wait, it's Harrah's...you gotta believe any dumb thing they do.


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    Alpa Chino wrote on December 17, 2008 10:33 AM: The re-naming of a golf course in China is breaking news?

    Harrah's could collapse any day ... now that would be news.