Penn National Names Himbert Sinopoli General Manager of Hollywood Casino Columbus
May 01 2014 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- 20-Year Industry Veteran with Extensive
Regional Gaming Experience to Lead Company’s Growing Columbus
Property –
Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN: Nasdaq) (“the Company” or
“Penn National Gaming”) announced today that Himbert Sinopoli,
currently the General Manager of Hollywood Casino Aurora in Aurora,
Illinois, has been named General Manager of Hollywood Casino
Columbus, replacing Ameet Patel who was recently named Senior Vice
President of Regional Operations for Penn National Gaming. The
appointment is effective May 19, 2014, subject to customary
regulatory approvals. Mr. Sinopoli will report directly to John
Finamore, Senior Vice President of Regional Operations for Penn
National Gaming.
Himbert Sinopoli has served as General Manager of Hollywood
Casino Aurora since June 2011. From February 2010 to June 2011, he
was General Manager of Hollywood Casino Perryville (now owned and
operated by Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.) where he oversaw
the property’s final development, initial staffing and grand
opening. He served as Assistant General Manager at Argosy Casino
Alton from 2007 to 2010 and was Vice President of Accounting at
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. from 2006 to 2007. From 1999 to 2006,
Mr. Sinopoli was Director of Finance at Penn National Gaming’s
Boomtown Biloxi property and also served as Boomtown Biloxi’s
Assistant General Manager from 2002 to 2006. Prior to entering the
gaming industry in 1994, he was in public accounting as an auditor
with KPMG Peat Marwick.
Mr. Finamore commented, “Himbert has the experience and regional
gaming operating expertise to build on Ameet’s success in Columbus
based on his record at Hollywood Casino Perryville, which he
managed through its development and first year of operations while
establishing the property as a strong economic engine for Cecil
County and Perryville.
“Penn National is proud of the role Hollywood Casino Columbus
has played on the West Side of Columbus, demonstrating our
long-term commitment to the city thanks to our team’s extensive
community service and the creation of jobs within our four walls as
well as in the surrounding area, which has seen numerous businesses
come back to or re-invest in the community. Recently, Hollywood
Casino Columbus was honored with an EXPY Award by Experience
Columbus, the convention and visitor’s bureau of Central Ohio, for
the work done by the team to revitalize the local area through
increased visitation, creation of needed meeting and convention
space, and new economic activity. Hollywood Casino Columbus is
delivering solid operating margins and continues to expand its
customer database and we are confident that Himbert can extend the
progress made by Ameet and the entire Hollywood Casino Columbus
team to further grow the property’s operating performance as well
as the strong relationships developed in the local community.”
About Penn National Gaming
Penn National Gaming, through its subsidiaries, owns, operates
or has ownership interests in gaming and racing facilities with a
focus on slot machine entertainment. The Company presently operates
twenty-seven facilities in eighteen jurisdictions, including
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, and Ontario. In
aggregate, Penn National's operated facilities feature
approximately 31,000 gaming machines, 800 table games and 2,900
hotel rooms.
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Gaming and its subsidiaries, including risks related to the
ultimate location of the various other gaming facilities in
Massachusetts and the ongoing efforts in the state to repeal the
enabling legislation, and accordingly, any forward looking
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factors described in Penn National Gaming’s Annual Report on Form
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release may not occur.
Penn National Gaming, Inc.Saul V. ReibsteinChief Financial
Officer610/373-2400orJCIRJoseph N. Jaffoni, Richard
Land212/835-8500 or penn@jcir.com
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