EXHIBIT 10.1
$60,000,000
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
AMERICAN CASINO & ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES LLC
as the Borrower,
Certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower
From Time To Time Party Hereto,
as Guarantors,
The Several Lenders
from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
WELLS FARGO BANK N.A.
as Syndication Agent,
CIT LENDING SERVICES CORPORATION
U.S. BANK, NA
and
COMERICA WEST INCORPORATED
as Co-Documentation Agents
and
BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC.,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of May 9 , 2006
BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC., as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

                      Page   SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS     1  
 
           
1.1.
  Defined Terms     1  
1.2.
  Other Definitional Provisions     28  
 
            SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS     29  
 
           
2.1.
  Commitments     29  
2.2.
  Procedure for Loan Borrowing     29  
2.3.
  Commitment Fees, etc.     31  
2.4.
  Termination or Reduction of Commitments     32  
2.5.
  L/C Commitment     32  
2.6.
  Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit     32  
2.7.
  Fees and Other Charges     33  
2.8.
  L/C Participations     33  
2.9.
  Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower     34  
2.10.
  Obligations Absolute     35  
2.11.
  Letter of Credit Payments     35  
2.12.
  Applications     35  
2.13.
  Outstanding Letters of Credit     35  
 
            SECTION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF
CREDIT     35  
 
           
3.1.
  Optional Prepayments     35  
3.2.
  Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions     36  
3.3.
  Conversion and Continuation Options     36  
3.4.
  Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches     37  
3.5.
  Interest Rates and Payment Dates     37  
3.6.
  Computation of Interest and Fees     38  
3.7.
  Inability to Determine Interest Rate     38  
3.8.
  Pro Rata Treatment and Payments     39  
3.9.
  Requirements of Law     40  
3.10.
  Taxes     41  
3.11.
  Indemnity     43  
3.12.
  Change of Lending Office     44  
3.13.
  Replacement of Lenders     44  
3.14.
  Evidence of Debt     45  
3.15.
  Illegality     45  
3.16.
  Source of Loans     46  

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                      Page   SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES     46  
 
           
4.1.
  Financial Condition     46  
4.2.
  No Change     46  
4.3.
  Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law     46  
4.4.
  Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations     47  
4.5.
  No Legal Bar     47  
4.6.
  Litigation     47  
4.7.
  No Default     48  
4.8.
  Ownership of Property; Liens     48  
4.9.
  Intellectual Property     48  
4.10.
  Taxes     48  
4.11.
  Federal Regulations     48  
4.12.
  Labor Matters     48  
4.13.
  ERISA     49  
4.14.
  Investment Company Act; Other Regulations     49  
4.15.
  Subsidiaries     49  
4.16.
  Use of Proceeds     49  
4.17.
  Environmental Matters     49  
4.18.
  Accuracy of Information, etc.     50  
4.19.
  Mortgages     51  
4.20.
  Solvency     51  
4.21.
  Senior Indebtedness     51  
4.22.
  Regulation H     51  
 
            SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT     51  
 
           
5.1.
  Intentionally Omitted     51  
5.2.
  Conditions to Effectiveness     51  
5.3.
  Conditions to Each Extension of Credit     54  
 
            SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS     55  
 
           
6.1.
  Financial Statements     55  
6.2.
  Certificates; Other Information     56  
6.3.
  Payment of Obligations     57  
6.4.
  Maintenance of Existence; Compliance     57  
6.5.
  Maintenance of Property; Insurance     57  
6.6.
  Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions     57  
6.7.
  Notices     58  
6.8.
  Environmental Laws     59  
6.9.
  Additional Collateral, etc.     59  
6.10.
  Further Assurances     61  
6.11.
  Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Restricted Subsidiaries     62  

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                      Page   SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS     63  
 
           
7.1.
  Financial Condition Covenants     63  
7.2.
  Indebtedness     63  
7.3.
  Liens     66  
7.4.
  Fundamental Changes     68  
7.5.
  Disposition of Property     68  
7.6.
  Restricted Payments     69  
7.7.
  Investments     72  
7.8.
  Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments     74  
7.9.
  Transactions with Affiliates     74  
7.10.
  Sales and Leasebacks     75  
7.11.
  Hedge Agreements     75  
7.12.
  Negative Pledge Clauses     75  
7.13.
  Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions     76  
7.14.
  Lines of Business     77  
7.15.
  Intentionally Omitted     77  
7.16.
  Restrictions on Leasing and Dedication of Key Property     77  
 
            SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT     78  
 
            SECTION 9. THE AGENTS     82  
 
           
9.1.
  Appointment     82  
9.2.
  Delegation of Duties     82  
9.3.
  Exculpatory Provisions     82  
9.4.
  Reliance by Agents     83  
9.5.
  Notice of Default     83  
9.6.
  Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders     83  
9.7.
  Indemnification     84  
9.8.
  Agent in Its Individual Capacity     84  
9.9.
  Successor Administrative Agent     84  
9.10.
  Agents Generally     85  
9.11.
  The Lead Arranger     85  
 
            SECTION 10. GUARANTEE     85  
 
           
10.1.
  Guarantee     85  
10.2.
  Rights of Reimbursement, Contribution and Subrogation     86  
10.3.
  Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations     88  
10.4.
  Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional     88  
10.5.
  Reinstatement     89  
10.6.
  Payments     89  
 
            SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS     89  
 
           
11.1.
  Amendments and Waivers     89  
11.2.
  Notices     90  

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                      Page  
11.3.
  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies     91  
11.4.
  Survival of Representations and Warranties     92  
11.5.
  Payment of Expenses and Taxes     92  
11.6.
  Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments     93  
11.7.
  Adjustments; Set-off     96  
11.8.
  Counterparts     97  
11.9.
  Severability     97  
11.10.
  Integration     97  
11.11.
  GOVERNING LAW     97  
11.12.
  Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers     98  
11.13.
  Acknowledgments     98  
11.14.
  Releases of Guarantees and Liens     98  
11.15.
  Confidentiality     99  
11.16.
  WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL     99  
11.17.
  Additional Guarantors     99  
11.18.
  Gaming Laws     99  
11.19.
  Amendment and Restatement     100  

SCHEDULES:

     
1.1(a)
  Mortgaged Property
1.1(b)
  New Mortgages
2.13
  Outstanding Letters of Credit
4.1
  Dispositions
4.4
  Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices
4.6
  Litigation
4.15
  Subsidiaries
4.19
  Mortgage Filing Jurisdictions
7.2
  Existing Indebtedness
7.3
  Existing Liens
7.7
  Existing Investments
7.13
  Existing Other Agreements
 
    EXHIBITS:
 
   
A
  Form of Restatement Date Compliance Certificate
B
  Form of Restatement Date Group Member Certificate
C
  Form of Assignment and Assumption
D
  Forms of Legal Opinions
E
  Form of Exemption Certificate
F
  Form of Note
G
  Lenders; Commitments
H
  Form of Guarantor Addendum
I
  Forms of Amended Mortgages
J
  Form of Indemnity Agreement

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K
  Form of Reaffirmation Agreement
L
  Form of Tax Allocation Agreement
M
  Form of Subordination Agreement
N
  Forms of Title Policy

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          AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 9, 2006 among
AMERICAN CASINO & ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ACEP” or the “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries of ACEP from time to
time party to this Agreement (the “Guarantors”), the several banks and other
financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement
(the “Lenders”), BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC., as sole lead arranger and sole
bookrunner (in such capacity, the “Lead Arranger”), WELLS FARGO BANK N.A., as
syndication agent (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”), CIT LENDING
SERVICES CORPORATION, U.S. BANK, NA and COMERICA WEST INCORPORATED as
co-documentation agents (in such capacities, the “Documentation Agents”), and
BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., as administrative agent for the Lenders and
each other Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective
meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower, certain banks and
other financial institutions (the “Existing Lenders”), Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner, Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc.,
as Syndication Agent and Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc. as Administrative
Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of January 29, 2004
(the “Original Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Existing Lenders
extended commitments for revolving loans to the Borrower;
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires that certain of the Existing Lenders and other
parties hereto agree to amend and restate the Original Credit Agreement in its
entirety to: (i) establish new commitments for Loans to be made hereunder;
(ii) increase the aggregate amount of Total Commitments to $60,000,000;
(iii) extend the Termination Date to the fourth anniversary of the Restatement
Date; and (iv) make certain other changes as more fully set forth herein, which
amendment and restatement shall become effective upon the Restatement Date;
WHEREAS, the Existing Lenders have, on or prior to the Restatement Date,
authorized the Administrative Agent to execute this Agreement on behalf of all
Existing Lenders; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders party hereto have agreed to make new Loans hereunder in an
amount up to their respective commitments as set forth on Exhibit G, the
proceeds of which shall be used to repay in full the Existing Loans outstanding,
if any, under the Original Credit Agreement on the Restatement Date.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions
and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
          1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in
this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this
Section 1.1.

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          “ACEP”: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
          “Acquisition”: the acquisition of all of Flamingo’s right, title and
interest in and to Flamingo’s assets, properties and rights of every type and
description by AREP Laughlin pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement.
          “Acquisition Agreement: that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated
as of November 28, 2005 by and among Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc., Flamingo,
Boardwalk Regency Corporation, Martial Development Corporation, AREP Boardwalk
LLC and AREP Laughlin together with all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto
and all side letters and agreements affecting the terms thereof or entered into
in connection therewith.
          “Administrative Agent”: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
          “Affiliate”: as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the
power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or
otherwise.
          “Agents”: the collective reference to the Syndication Agent, the Lead
Arranger and the Administrative Agent, which term shall include, for purposes of
Section 9 only, the Issuing Lender.
          “Aggregate Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an
amount equal to the amount of such Lender’s Commitment then in effect or, if the
Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lender’s Extensions of
Credit then outstanding.
          “Aggregate Exposure Percentage”: with respect to any Lender at any
time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure
at such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
          “Agreement”: this Credit Agreement.
          “Applicable Margin”: for Eurodollar Loans, 1.50 percentage points per
annum and for Base Rate Loans, 0.50 percentage points per annum.
          “Application”: an application, in such form as the Issuing Lender may
specify from time to time, requesting the Issuing Lender to open a Letter of
Credit.
          “Approved Fund”: (a) a CLO and (b) with respect to any Lender that is
a fund which invests in commercial loans, any other fund that invests in
commercial loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as
such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
          “AREP Laughlin”: AREP Laughlin Corporation, a Delaware corporation and
an affiliate of ACEP.

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          “Arizona Charlie’s Boulder”: that certain hotel and casino located on
approximately 24 acres at 4575 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, Nevada, together with
all other improvements (including any buildings) and property thereon.
          “Arizona Charlie’s Decatur”: that certain hotel and casino located on
approximately 17 acres at 740 S. Decatur Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada, together
with all other improvements (including any buildings) and property thereon.
          “Asset Sale”: any Disposition of Property or series of related
Dispositions of Property (excluding any such Disposition permitted by clause
(a), (b), (c) or (d) of Section 7.5) that yields gross proceeds to any Group
Member (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash
proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market
value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of $500,000.
          “Assignee”: as defined in Section 11.6(b).
          “Assignment and Assumption”: an Assignment and Assumption,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
          “Attributable Debt”: in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction,
at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee
for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such
sale and leaseback transaction, including any period for which such lease has
been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present
value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest
implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided,
however, that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease
Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in
accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.”
          “Available Commitment”: as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal
to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender’s Commitment then in effect over
(b) such Lender’s Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
          “Base Rate”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in
effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such
day plus 0.50%. For purposes hereof: “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of
interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Reference Lender
as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in San Francisco (the Prime
Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the
Reference Lender in connection with extensions of credit to debtors). Any change
in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective
day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
          “Base Rate Loans”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is
based upon the Base Rate.
          “Benefited Lender”: as defined in Section 11.7(a).

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          “Board”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States (or any successor).
          “Borrower”: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
          “Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations”: the collective reference to
the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations
and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without
limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this
Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and
interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement after
the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a
claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding)
to any Agent or any Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise
under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
or, any Letter of Credit, or any other document made, delivered or given in
connection therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest,
reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise
(including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Agents or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant
to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).
          “Borrower Hedge Agreement Obligations”: the collective reference to
all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without limitation,
interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in any Specified Hedge
Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of
any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower,
whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in
such proceeding) to any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or
hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, any
Specified Hedge Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in
connection therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest,
reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise
(including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the
relevant Lender or affiliate thereof that are required to be paid by the
Borrower pursuant to the terms of any Specified Hedge Agreement).
          “Borrower Obligations”: the collective reference to (i) the Borrower
Credit Agreement Obligations, (ii) the Borrower Hedge Agreement Obligations, but
only to the extent that, and only so long as such obligations are secured by the
Collateral Documents, and (iii) all other obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become
due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in
connection with, this Agreement (including, without limitation, all fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Agents or to the Lenders that are required to be
paid by each the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement).
          “Borrowing Date”: any Business Day specified by the Borrower as the
date on which the Borrower requests the Lenders to make Loans hereunder.

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          “Business”: as defined in Section 4.17(b).
          “Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York City or California are authorized or required
by law to close, provided that with respect to notices and determinations in
connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans,
such day is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in
the interbank eurodollar market.
          “Capital Lease Obligations”: as to any Person, the obligations of such
Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement
conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof,
which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital
leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of
this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the
capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
          “Capital Stock”: (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock; (c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company,
partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
(d) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to
receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the
issuing Person but excluding from all of the foregoing (i) any debt securities
convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any
right of participation with Capital Stock and (ii) Financing Participations.
          “Cash Equivalents”: (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States government or issued by any
agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition;
(b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or
overnight bank deposits having maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and
surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated
at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or P-1 by Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), or carrying an equivalent rating by a
nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies
cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase obligations of any
Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of
this definition, having a term of not more than 30 days, with respect to
securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government; (e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory
of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any
such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the
securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision,
taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A
by S&P or A by Moody’s; (f) securities with maturities of one year or less from
the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender
or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this
definition; or (g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest
exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of

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this definition or money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set
forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s
and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.
          “CLO”: any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or
otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing
in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its
business and is administered or managed by a Lender or an affiliate of such
Lender.
          “Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
          “Collateral”: all property of the Group Members, now owned or
hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any
Collateral Document.
          “Collateral Agent”: Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., in its
capacity as collateral agent for each of the Secured Parties (as defined in the
Pledge and Security Agreement).
          “Collateral Documents”: the collective reference to the Pledge and
Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Modifications, the Reaffirmation
Agreement and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent purporting to grant a Lien on any
property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Group
Member under any Loan Document.
          “Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any,
to make Loans and to participate in each Letter of Credit in an aggregate
principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the
heading “Commitment” under such Lender’s name on Exhibit G for such Lender or in
the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party
hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof. The aggregate amount of the Total Commitments on the Restatement Date is
$60,000,000.
          “Commitment Fee Rate”: as of any date of determination, (i) 0.50% per
annum on any such date on which Extensions of Credit are outstanding in an
aggregate amount less than or equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Total
Commitments, and (ii) 0.375% per annum on any such date on which Extensions of
Credit are outstanding in an aggregate amount more than fifty percent (50%) of
the Total Commitments.
          “Commitment Period”: the period commencing on the Restatement Date and
ending on the Termination Date.
          “Commonly Controlled Entity”: an entity, whether or not incorporated,
that is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of
Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that
is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

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          “Compliance Certificate”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible
Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
          “Conduit Lender”: any special purpose entity organized and
administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to
be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument,
subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and (so long as no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) ACEP (which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld); provided that the designation by any Lender of a
Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its
obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit
Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the
Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all
consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to
its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be
entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 or
10.5 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect
of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have
any Commitment.
          “Consolidated Cash Flow”: with respect to any specified Person for any
period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without
duplication:
          (a) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss
realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with
an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income; plus
          (b) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision
for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
          (c) the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
          (d) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles
but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior
period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the
extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any
future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior
period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the
extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus
          (e) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such
period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business; in
each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
          “Consolidated First Lien Debt”: at any date, the aggregate principal
amount of all Indebtedness of the Group Members at such date other than the
Senior Second Lien Notes and unsecured Indebtedness, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

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          “Consolidated First Lien Debt Leverage Ratio”: as of the last day of
any fiscal quarter of ACEP, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt on
such day to (b) Consolidated Cash Flow for the Group Members for the four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date.
          “Consolidated Net Income”: with respect to ACEP for any period, the
aggregate of the Net Income of the Group Members for such period, on a
consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:
          (a) the Net Income of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary
or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included
only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in
cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
          (b) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to
the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions
by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of
determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not
been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its
charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its
stockholders;
          (c) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be
excluded; and
          (d) notwithstanding clause (a) above, the Net Income of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary will be excluded, whether or not distributed to the
specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries.
          “Continuing Directors”: the directors of ACEP on the Restatement Date,
and each other director, if, in each case, such other director’s nomination for
election to the board of directors of ACEP is recommended by at least 66-2/3% of
the then Continuing Directors or such other director receives the vote of the
Permitted Investors in his or her election by the shareholders of ACEP.
          “Continuing Lenders”: any lender under the Original Credit Agreement
that has delivered a signature page hereto indicating agreement to continue as a
Lender under this Agreement.
          “Contractual Obligation”: as applied to any Person, any provision of
any security issued by such Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a
party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to which any of its
properties is subject.
          “Control Investment Affiliate”: as to any Person, any other Person
that (a) directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such Person and (b) is organized by such Person primarily
for the purpose of making equity or debt investments in one or more companies.
For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly
or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies
of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

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          “Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not
any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
          “Disposition”: with respect to any Property, any sale, sale and
leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The
terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.
          “Disqualified Stock”: any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is
exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock),
or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable,
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option
of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date
that is 91 days after the Termination Date. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely
because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require ACEP to
repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control, event
of loss, an asset sale or other special redemption event will not constitute
Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that ACEP may not
repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless
such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 7.6 or where the funds to
pay for such repurchase was from the cash net proceeds of such Capital Stock and
such net cash proceeds was set aside in a separate account to fund such
repurchase. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any
time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that the Group
Members may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any
mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of
accrued dividends.
          “Documentation Agents”: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
          “Dollars” and “$”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
          “Environmental Laws”: any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or
municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes,
decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law
(including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or
standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment,
as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
          “Equity Interests”: Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other
rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is
convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
          “ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
          “Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements”: for any day as applied to a
Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates
(expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day
(including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any
regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction
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eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in
Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve
System.
          “Eurodollar Base Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest
Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the
basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest
Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on Page
3750 of the Telerate screen as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days
prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does
not appear on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or otherwise on such screen),
the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other
comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be
selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by
reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered Dollar
deposits at or about 11:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days prior to
the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market where
its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations are then being
conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number
of days comprised therein.
          “Eurodollar Loans”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is
based upon the Eurodollar Rate.
          “Eurodollar Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest
Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day
in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th
of 1%):
Eurodollar Base Rate
1.00 — Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
          “Eurodollar Tranche”: the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans the
Interest Periods of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date
(whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
          “Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8, provided
that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has
been satisfied.
          “Existing Commitments”: the “Commitments”, as such term is defined in
the Original Credit Agreement.
          “Existing Lenders”: as defined in the recitals.
          “Existing Loans”: the Loans made under the Original Credit Agreement
outstanding, if any, immediately prior to the Restatement Date.
          “Extensions of Credit”: as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal
to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans held by such
Lender then outstanding, and (b) such Lender’s Percentage of the L/C Obligations
then outstanding.

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          “Fair Market Value”: the value that would be paid by a willing buyer
to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or
necessity of either party, determined in good faith by the board of directors of
ACEP (unless otherwise provided herein).
          “Federal Funds Effective Rate”: for any day, the weighted average of
the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next
succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Reference Lender
from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
          “Fee Letter” the letter agreement, dated as of April ___, 2006, among
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger relating to, among
other things, the payment of certain fees and the syndication of the Facilities.
          “Financing Participations”: a participation in the revenues generated
by specified equipment or a specified amenity that was financed, in whole or in
part, by the person receiving the participation.
          “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”: with respect to any specified Person
for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such
period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that
the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes,
guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any
Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues,
repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the
period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or
prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence,
assumption, Guarantee Obligation, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance
or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption
of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had
occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
          (a) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing
transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries,
during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period
and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect (in
accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933) as if they had
occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;
          (b) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses
(and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date,
will be excluded;

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          (c) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership
interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded,
but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges
will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date;
          (d) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date
will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such
four-quarter period;
          (e) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation
Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during
such four-quarter period; and
          (f) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the
interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in
effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire
period (taking into account any obligations under Hedge Agreements applicable to
such Indebtedness if such obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation
Date in excess of 12 months).
          “Fixed Charges”: with respect to any specified Person for any period,
the sum, without duplication, of:
          (a) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including,
without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue
discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred
payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with
Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter
of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all
payments made or received pursuant to Hedge Agreements in respect of interest
rates (excluding any accrued interest or interest paid in kind in respect of
Permitted Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness); plus
          (b) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period (excluding any
capitalized interest in respect of Permitted Affiliate Subordinated
Indebtedness); plus
          (c) any interest on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed
by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on
assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such
Guarantee Obligation or Lien is called upon; plus
          (d) the product of (i) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and
whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on preferred stock payable
solely in Equity Interests of ACEP (other than Disqualified Stock) or to ACEP or
a Restricted Subsidiary of ACEP, times (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which
is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined
federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a
decimal, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
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          “Flamingo”: Flamingo-Laughlin, Inc., a Nevada corporation
          “Funding Office”: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in
Section 11.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the
Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to ACEP and the
Lenders.
          “GAAP”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
as in effect from time to time except that for purposes of Section 7.1, GAAP
shall be determined on the basis of such principles in effect on the date hereof
and consistent with those used in the preparation of the most recent audited
financial statements referred to in Section 4.1(b). In the event that any
Accounting Change (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a
change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms
in this Agreement, then ACEP and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into
negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to
equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the
criteria for evaluating ACEP’s financial condition shall be the same after such
Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such
time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by ACEP,
Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders, all financial covenants,
standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or
construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. “Accounting Changes”
refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any
rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if
applicable, the SEC.
          “Gaming Authority”: any agency, authority, board, bureau, commission,
department, office or instrumentality of any nature whatsoever of the United
States or other national government, any state, province or any city or other
political subdivision, including without limitation, the State of Nevada,
whether now or hereafter existing, or any officer or official thereof and any
other agency with authority thereof to regulate any gaming operation (or
proposed gaming operation) owned, managed or operated by the Sponsor, its
Related Parties, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries or
Affiliates.
          “Gaming Laws”: all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and
regulations pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory,
licensing or permit authority over the ownership or operation of gaming
facilities, including, without limitation, the Nevada Gaming Control Act, as
codified in Chapter 463 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, as amended from time to
time, and the regulations of the Nevada Gaming Commission promulgated
thereunder.
          “Gaming License”: every license, franchise, approval or other
authorization required to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct gaming
activities of any Group Member, including without limitation, all such licenses
granted under Nevada law, and the regulations promulgated in connection
therewith, and other applicable national, provincial or local laws.
          “Governmental Authority”: any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
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functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any
self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners).
          “Group Members”: the collective reference to the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries.
          “Group Multiemployer Plan”: a Group Plan that is a multiemployer plan
as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
          “Group Plan”: at a particular time, any “employee benefit plan” as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA that is covered by Title IV of ERISA which is
or was maintained, sponsored or contributed to by ACEP or a Group Member.
          “Guarantee Obligation”: as to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”),
any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including
any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the
guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar
obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any
Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary obligations”)
of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person,
whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any
property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or
supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or
(2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or
otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to
purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring
the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor
to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold
harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect
thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include
endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person
shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee
Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person
may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee
Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such
guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case
the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s
maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by
ACEP in good faith.
          “Hedge Agreements”: any agreement with respect to any swap, forward,
future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or
settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or
debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or
measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar
transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom
stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services
provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of
the Group Members shall be a Swap Agreement.
          “Indebtedness”: of any Person at any date, without duplication,

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          (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
          (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of
property or services (other than accrued expenses and current trade payables
incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business);
          (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or other similar instruments;
          (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person
(even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such
agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such
property);
          (e) all Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Debt of such Person;
          (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an
account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of
credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements;
          (g) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to
purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of
such Person;
          (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations
of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above;
          (i) all obligations of the kind secured by (or for which the holder of
such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured
by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such
Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment
of such obligation; and
          (j) for the purposes of Sections 7.2 and 8(e) only, all obligations of
such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements.
The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other
entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to
the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership
interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the
terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable
therefor.
          “Indemnity Agreements”: each Indemnity Agreement executed and
delivered by each Group Member to the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral
Agent on its behalf) for the benefit of the Lenders substantially in the form of
Exhibit J.
          “Insolvency”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition
that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
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          “Intellectual Property”: the collective reference to all rights,
priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising
under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including
copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark
licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in
equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to
receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
          “Intercreditor Agreement”: the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of
January 29, 2004, among the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the
Trustee, acting on behalf of the holders of the Senior Second Lien Notes.
          “Interest Payment Date”: (a) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last day of
each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is
outstanding, the date on which such Loan is converted to a Eurodollar Loan and
the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an
Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period,
(c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three
months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the
first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period, and
(d) as to any Loan, the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect
thereof.
          “Interest Period”: as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the
period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with
respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months
thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of
conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter,
each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period
applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (if
available to all Lenders) twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower
by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent no later than 11:00 A.M., New
York City time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of
the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of the
foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
               (i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is
not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry
such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest
Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
               (ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period that would
extend beyond the Termination Date;
               (iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of
a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the
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               (iv) the Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to
require a payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period
for such Loan.
          “Investments”: as defined in Section 7.7.
          “Issuing Lender”: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
          “Key Properties”: the Stratosphere, Arizona Charlie’s Decatur and
Arizona Charlie’s Boulder as of the Restatement Date, together with the other
properties that may be acquired after the Restatement Date. A “Key Property”
means any of the foregoing Key Properties, together with the other properties
that may be acquired after the Restatement Date, including any property acquired
in connection with the Acquisition.
          “L/C Commitment”: $10,000,000.
          “L/C Fee Payment Date”: the last day of each March, June, September
and December and the last day of the Commitment Period.
          “L/C Obligations”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the
aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of
Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that
have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 2.9.
          “L/C Participants”: the collective reference to all the Lenders other
than the Issuing Lender.
          “Lead Arranger”: as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
          “Lease Transaction”: as defined in Section 7.16.
          “Lenders”: as defined in the preamble hereto; provided that unless the
context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed
to include any Conduit Lender.
          “Letters of Credit”: as defined in Section 2.5(a).
          “Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security
interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
          “Loan Documents”: this Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Collateral
Documents, the Indemnity Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement, the
Reaffirmation Agreement and the Notes.
          “Loans”: as defined in Section 2.1(a).

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          “Majority Lenders”: the holders (excluding for the purposes of this
definition, any Related Party or any Affiliate of any such Related Party unless
each of the Lenders has provided its written consent to each such Person
becoming a Lender in accordance with Section 11.6(ii)(F) hereof) of more than
50% the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Commitments then in effect (exclusive
of any Commitments held by any Related Party or any Affiliate of any such
Related Party unless each of the Lenders has provided its written consent to
each such Person becoming a Lender in accordance with Section 11.6(ii)(F)
hereof) or, if the Commitments have been terminated, the amount of all
Extensions of Credit then outstanding (exclusive of any Extensions of Credit
held by any Related Party or any Affiliate of any such Related Party unless each
of the Lenders has provided its written consent to each such Person becoming a
Lender in accordance with Section 11.6(ii)(F) hereof);
provided that unless each of the Lenders has provided its written consent to
each such Person becoming a Lender in accordance with Section 11.6(ii)(F)
hereof, for the purposes of this definition, each Lender (other than any Related
Party or any Affiliate of any such Related Party) shall be deemed to hold the
portion of the Extensions of Credit then outstanding equal to (x) the percentage
which (i) such Lender’s Commitment then constitutes of (ii) the difference
between the Total Commitments and the Commitments held by any Related Party or
any Affiliate of any Related Party (in each case of subclause (i) and subclause
(ii) of this clause (x), immediately preceding and without giving effect to such
termination of the Commitments) times (y) the aggregate amount of all Extensions
of Credit.
          “Material Adverse Effect”: a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, assets, property, operations, condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations or prospects of the Group Members, taken as a whole or
(b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents or the rights or remedies of the Agents or the Lenders hereunder or
thereunder or the validity, perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s
(or the Collateral Agent’s) Liens on the Collateral.
          “Materials of Environmental Concern”: any gasoline or petroleum
(including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any
hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as such
in or under any Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls
and urea-formaldehyde insulation.
          “Material Gaming License”: any Gaming License that the loss,
suspension, revocation, termination or material impairment of which,
individually or in the aggregate, would materially adversely affect any Key
Property and such Key Property is the principal asset of a Significant
Subsidiary or if such Key Property (considered separately) would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary if it were the only asset in a Significant Subsidiary.
          “Modifications”: as defined in Section 5.2(k).
          “Mortgaged Properties”: the real properties listed on Schedule 1.1(a),
as to which the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf) for
the benefit of the Lenders has been or shall be granted a Lien pursuant to the
Mortgages (as amended by the Modifications).

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          “Mortgages”: each of the mortgages and deeds of trust (in each case,
as amended by the Modifications) made by any Group Member in favor of, or for
the benefit of, the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf)
for the benefit of the Lenders substantially in the form of Exhibit I.
          “Multiemployer Plan”: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined
in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
          “Net Cash Proceeds”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any
Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents
(including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal
pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment
receivable or by the Disposition of any non-cash consideration received in
connection therewith or otherwise, but only as and when received) of such Asset
Sale or Recovery Event, net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment
banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness
secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject
of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a
Collateral Document) and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in
connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable
as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) and (b) in connection with any
issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash
proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees,
investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and
commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in
connection therewith.
          “Net Income”: with respect to any specified Person, the net income
(loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any
reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
          (a) any gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for
taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in connection with: (i) any Asset
Sale; or (ii) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
          (b) any extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with any related
provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but not loss);
          (c) any interest expense from Permitted Affiliate Subordinated
Indebtedness, whether paid or accrued; and
          (d) any payments pursuant to the Tax Allocation Agreement.
          “Nevada Gaming Authorities”: the Nevada State Gaming Control Board,
the Nevada Gaming Commission, Clark County, Nevada and the City of Las Vegas,
Nevada.
          “Non-Excluded Taxes”: as defined in Section 3.10(a).

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          “Non-Recourse Financing”: Indebtedness incurred in connection with the
construction, purchase or lease of personal or real property or equipment (a) as
to which the lender upon default may seek recourse or payment against any Group
Member only through the return or foreclosure or sale of the property or
equipment so constructed, purchased or leased and to any proceeds of such
property and Indebtedness and the related collateral account in which such
proceeds are held and (b) may not otherwise assert a valid claim for payment on
such Indebtedness against any Group Member or any other property of any Group
Member except in each case in the case of fraud and other customary non-recourse
exceptions.
          “Non-Recourse Indebtedness”: Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as
the case may be, or that portion of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as the
case may be (a) as to which neither ACEP nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(i) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or
instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (ii) is directly or indirectly
liable as a guarantor or otherwise; (b) no default with respect to which
(including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take
enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice,
lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of ACEP or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause
the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated
maturity; and (c) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that
they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of ACEP or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
          “Non-U.S. Lender”: as defined in Section 3.10(d).
          “Notes”: the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing
Loans.
          “Obligations”: the unpaid principal of and interest on (including
interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations
and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to
any Group Member, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and
liabilities of such Group Member to any Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case
of Specified Hedge Agreements, any affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or
hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any Specified Hedge
Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith
or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement
obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel to any Agent or to any Lender that are required to be
paid by a Group Member pursuant hereto) or otherwise; provided, that
(i) obligations of any Group Member under any Specified Hedge Agreement shall be
secured pursuant to the Collateral Documents and guaranteed hereunder only to
the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations arising under this
Agreement are so secured and guaranteed and (ii) any release of Collateral or
Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall not require
the consent of holders of obligations under Specified Hedge Agreements.
          “Original Closing Date”: January 29, 2004.

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          “Original Closing Date Mortgage”: each “Mortgage” as defined in the
Original Credit Agreement.
          “Original Credit Agreement”: as defined in the recitals.
          “Other Taxes”: any and all present or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising
from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
          “Outstanding Letters of Credit”: the Letters of Credit listed on
Schedule 2.13.
          “Participant”: as defined in Section 11.6(c).
          “PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant
to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
          “Percentage”: as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such
Lender’s Commitment then constitutes of the Total Commitments (or, at any time
after the Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the
aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Loans then outstanding constitutes
of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans then outstanding).
          “Permitted Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness”: any Indebtedness of
any Group Member to an Affiliate of ACEP other than a Group Member (a) for which
no installment of principal or installment of interest may be made if a Default
or Event of Default exists or is continuing (except that interest may accrue on
Permitted Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness or be paid in the form of
additional Permitted Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness or Capital Stock of
ACEP that is not Disqualified Stock), (b) for which no installment of principal
matures earlier than the date that is three months after the Termination Date,
(c) for which the payment of principal and interest is subordinated in right of
payment to the notes or any note at least to the extent set forth in Exhibit M
hereto and (d) under which no interest, premium or penalty is due or payable
(other than interest, premium and penalty payable in the form of additional
Permitted Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness or Capital Stock of ACEP that is
not Disqualified Stock and except that interest may accrue on Permitted
Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness) unless such amount may be paid as a
Restricted Payment.
          “Permitted Indebtedness”: as defined in Section 7.2(b).
          “Permitted Investors”: the collective reference to the Sponsor and its
Control Investment Affiliates.
          “Permitted Payments to Parent”: without duplication as to amounts
(a) payments to the Sponsor or American Entertainment Properties Corp., in the
aggregate, not to exceed $100,000 per annum; and (b) payments pursuant to the
Tax Allocation Agreement.
          “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”: any Indebtedness of ACEP or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of
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refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of ACEP or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness);
provided that:
          (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or
accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded,
refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the
Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, and
other expenses, incurred in connection therewith);
          (b) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date
later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the
Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or
discharged;
          (c) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced,
defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Loans, such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the
final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Loans on
terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the
documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced,
replaced, defeased or discharged;
          (d) such Indebtedness is incurred either by ACEP or by the Restricted
Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded,
refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and
          (e) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced,
defeased or discharged is Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien on Property
that is not Collateral, then such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be
secured by a Lien on such other Property.
          “Person”: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
          “Plan”: at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is
covered by ERISA and in respect of which ACEP or a Commonly Controlled Entity is
(or, if such plan is terminated at such time, is under Section 4069 of ERISA
deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
          “Pledge and Security Agreement”: the Pledge and Security Agreement
executed and delivered on May 26, 2004 by each Group Member to the
Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf) for the benefit of
the Lenders.
          “Principal Business”: the casino gaming, hotel, retail, conference
center and entertainment mall and resort business (including, without
limitation, the business contemplated by the Key Properties) and any activity or
business incidental, directly related or similar thereto (including owning
interests in Subsidiaries, operating a conference center and meeting facilities
and owning and operating or licensing the operation of a retail and
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any business or activity that is a reasonable extension, development or
expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.
          “Pro Forma Balance Sheet”: as defined in Section 4.1(a).
          “Project Assets” means, at any time, all of the assets then in use on
the Key Properties including any real estate assets, any buildings or
improvements thereon, and all equipment, furnishings and fixtures, but
excluding: (a) any obsolete property determined by ACEP’s board of directors to
be no longer useful or necessary to the operations or support of such Key
Property and (b) any personal property leased from a third party in the ordinary
course of business.
          “Projections”: as defined in Section 6.2(c).
          “Properties”: as defined in Section 4.17(a).
          “Property”: any right or interest in or to property of any kind
whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible,
including, without limitation, Capital Stock.
          “Protective Advances”: any advances with respect to (i) the payment of
any delinquent taxes or insurance premiums owed by any of the Group Members with
respect to the Key Properties, (ii) the removal of any Lien or encumbrance on
the Key Properties (other than Liens that are junior to the Lien of the
applicable Mortgage or other Collateral Document) or the defense of any of the
Group Members’ title thereto or of the validity, enforceability, perfection or
priority of the Liens and security interests granted pursuant to the Collateral
Documents or (iii) the repair, maintenance, protection or preservation of the
value of the Key Properties or (in each case) any portion thereof, including,
without limitation, for payment of heating, gas, electric and other utility
bills.
          “Qualified Counterparty”: with respect to any Specified Hedge
Agreement, any counterparty thereto that, at the time such Specified Hedge
Agreement was entered into, was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
          “Reaffirmation Agreement”: the Reaffirmation Agreement to be executed
by each Group Member to the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its
behalf) for the benefit of the Lenders substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
          “Recovery Event”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any
property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to
any asset of any Group Member.
          “Reference Lender”: a financial institution to be mutually agreed
between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower on or prior to the Restatement
Date.
          “Register”: as defined in Section 11.6(b).
          “Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to
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          “Reimbursement Obligation”: the obligation of the Borrower to
reimburse the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.9 for amounts drawn under
Letters of Credit.
          “Reinvestment Deferred Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment
Event, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by any Group Member in
connection therewith that are not applied to repay the Loans pursuant to
Section 3.2 as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.
          “Reinvestment Event”: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of
which ACEP has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
          “Reinvestment Notice”: a written notice executed by a Responsible
Officer stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that
ACEP (directly or indirectly through another Group Member) intends and expects
to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale to
make an Investment in or expenditures for acquiring or constructing properties
or assets that replace the assets that were the subject of the Asset Sale or to
acquire all or substantially all of the assets of or the majority of the Voting
Stock of a Principal Business or a Recovery Event to acquire or repair fixed or
capital assets useful in its business or to repair or replace the assets which
were the subject of such Recovery Event.
          “Reinvestment Prepayment Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment
Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount
expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire or repair
fixed or capital assets useful in a Group Member’s business or to repair or
replace the assets which were the subject of the relevant Recovery Event.
          “Reinvestment Prepayment Date”: with respect to any Reinvestment
Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring six months after such Reinvestment
Event and (b) the date on which ACEP shall have determined not to, or shall have
otherwise ceased to, acquire or repair fixed or capital assets useful in a Group
Member’s business or repair or replace the assets which were the subject of the
relevant Recovery Event with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment
Deferred Amount.
          “Related Parties”: (1) Carl Icahn, any spouse and any child,
stepchild, sibling or descendant of Carl Icahn, (2) the estate of Carl Icahn or
any person under clause (1), (3) any person who receives a beneficial interest
in the Sponsor from any estate under clause (2) to the extent of such interest,
(4) any executor, personal administrator or trustee who holds such beneficial
interest in ACEP for the benefit of, or as fiduciary for, any person under
clauses (1), (2) or (3) to the extent of such interest, (5) any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, trust, or similar entity, directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by Carl Icahn or any other person or persons
identified in clauses (1) or (2).
          “Reorganization”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the
condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241
of ERISA.
          “Reportable Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is
waived under applicable regulations.

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          “Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such
Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an
arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable
to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.
          “Responsible Officer”: the chief executive officer, president or chief
financial officer of ACEP, but in any event, with respect to financial matters,
the chief financial officer of ACEP.
          “Restatement Date”: as defined in Section 5.2.
          “Restricted Investment”: an Investment not permitted by Section 7.7.
          “Restricted Payments”: as defined in Section 7.6.
          “Restricted Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary that is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
          “SEC”: the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto
and any analogous Governmental Authority.
          “Securities Act”: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
          “Senior Second Lien Note Indenture”: the Indenture entered into by the
Borrower and the other Group Members in connection with the issuance of the
Senior Second Lien Notes, together with all instruments and other agreements
entered into by the Group Members in connection therewith.
          “Senior Second Lien Notes”: the senior notes of the Borrower and
American Casino & Entertainment Properties Finance Corp. issued pursuant to the
Senior Second Lien Note Indenture.
          “Settlement Date”: as defined in Section 2.2(d).
          “Significant Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary which would be a “significant
subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1–02 of
Regulation S–X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation
is in effect on the date of the Restatement Date.
          “Single Employer Plan”: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA,
but that is not a Multiemployer Plan.
          “Solvent”: with respect to any Person, as of any date of
determination,
          (a) the amount of the “present fair saleable value” of the assets of
such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all “liabilities of such
Person, contingent or otherwise”, as of such date, as such quoted terms are
determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing
determinations of the insolvency of debtors;

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          (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will,
as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the
liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured;
          (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small
amount of capital with which to conduct its business; and
          (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For
purposes of this definition, (i) “debt” means liability on a “claim”, and (ii)
“claim” means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced
to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured,
disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an
equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right
to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to
judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured
or unsecured.
          “Specified Hedge Agreement”: any Hedge Agreement (a) entered into by
(i) any Group Member and (ii) any Qualified Counterparty and (b) that has been
designated by such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, and ACEP, by notice to
the Administrative Agent, as a Specified Hedge Agreement. The designation of any
Hedge Agreement as a Specified Hedge Agreement shall not create in favor of the
Qualified Counterparty that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the
management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Guarantor
under the Pledge and Security Agreement.
          “Sponsor”: American Real Estate Partners, L.P.
          “Stratosphere”: that certain hotel, casino and tower located on
approximately 31 acres at 2000 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada,
together with all other improvements (including any buildings) and property
thereon.
          “Subsidiary”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such
corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the
management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all
references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer
to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of ACEP.
          “Syndication Agent”: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
          “Tax Allocation Agreement”: that certain tax allocation agreement to
be entered into between American Entertainment Properties Corp., ACEP and the
Subsidiaries of ACEP substantially in the form of Exhibit L.
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          “Title Policy”: means an ALTA mortgage title insurance policy or
unconditional commitment therefor issued by one or more title companies
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent with respect to each Original
Closing Date Mortgage.
          “Total Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the
Commitments then in effect.
          “Total Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the
Extensions of Credit of the Lenders outstanding at such time.
          “Transferee”: any Assignee or Participant.
          “Trustee”: Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee under the Senior
Second Lien Indenture.
          “Type”: as to any Loan, its nature as an Base Rate Loan or a
Eurodollar Loan.
          “United States”: the United States of America.
          “Unrestricted Subsidiary” (i) each Subsidiary described as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary on Schedule 4.15 as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time and (ii) each other Subsidiary of a Group Member that
becomes an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, in accordance with the
requirements of Section 6.11.
          “Voting Stock”: with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any
class or series of capital stock of such Person that is ordinarily entitled to
vote in the election of directors thereof at a meeting of stockholders called
for such purpose, without the occurrence of any additional event or contingency
and with respect to any other Person that is a limited liability company,
membership interests entitled to manage the operations or business of the
limited liability company.
          “Weighted Average Life to Maturity”: when applied to any Indebtedness
or Disqualified Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the
products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of
principal or liquidation preference, including payment at final maturity, in
respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one
twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment, by
(b) the then outstanding principal amount or liquidation preference, as
applicable, of such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as the case may be.
          “Wholly Owned Subsidiary”: as to any Person, any other Person all of
the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by
law) is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned
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          1.2. Other Definitional Provisions.
          (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this
Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents
or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto.
          (b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto,
               (i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member not defined in
Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent
not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP;
               (ii) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”;
               (iii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create,
issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words
“incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings); and
               (iv) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have
the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, Capital Stock, securities, revenues,
accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights;
               (v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations
shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or
Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified
from time to time (subject to any applicable restrictions hereunder); and
               (vi) references herein to any Person shall be deemed to include
such Person’s permitted successors and assigns.
          (c) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and
Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
          (d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
          (e) The expressions, “payment in full,” “paid in full” and any other
similar terms or phrases when used herein with respect to the Obligations shall
mean the payment in full, in immediately available funds, of all the
Obligations.
          (f) References to “days” shall mean calendar days, unless the term
“Business Days” shall be used. References to a time of day shall mean such time
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          SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
          2.1. Commitments.
          (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally
agrees to make revolving credit loans (“Loans”) to the Borrower from time to
time during the Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one
time outstanding which, when added to such Lender’s Percentage of the L/C
Obligations then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lender’s
Commitment minus such Lender’s Percentage of the aggregate amount of reserves
established by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.1(c) below. During
the Commitment Period the Borrower may use the Commitments by borrowing,
prepaying and reborrowing the Loans in whole or in part, all in accordance with
the terms and conditions hereof. The Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar
Loans or Base Rate Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 3.3.
          (b) On the Restatement Date and subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, (i) the Lenders that are not Continuing Lenders will fund Loans in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the amount necessary (a) to repay the Loans
of each Existing Lender that is not a Continuing Lender, and (b) to repay the
Existing Loans of each Continuing Lender in an amount necessary to ensure that
the Existing Loans of each such Continuing Lender correspond to such Continuing
Lender’s Percentage hereunder. The remaining portion of the Existing Loans of
each Continuing Lender shall automatically be deemed to constitute outstanding
Loans hereunder and, on and after the Restatement Date, have all of the rights
and benefits of Loans as set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
          (c) Anything to the contrary in this Section 2.1 notwithstanding, the
Administrative Agent shall have the right, in its discretion, to establish
reserves against the Total Commitments with respect to amounts owing by any
Group Member to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over,
any portion of the Collateral in favor of the PBGC or a Multiemployer Plan, to
the extent that any such Lien or trust may be reasonably expected to have
priority over the Liens granted by any Group Member pursuant to the Collateral
Documents with respect to any portion of the Collateral, provided that in any
event, any such reserve shall not exceed the principal amount of the Obligations
so secured and such reserves shall be released upon satisfaction of such
Obligations.
          (d) To the extent that the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Extensions
of Credit exceeds the difference between (i) the Total Commitment and (ii) the
aggregate amount of reserves established (and then in effect) by Administrative
Agent pursuant to Section 2.1(c) above, the Borrower shall immediately prepay
the Borrower Obligations to the extent of such excess.
          (e) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Loans on the Termination
Date.
          2.2. Procedure for Loan Borrowing.
          (a) A Borrower may borrow under the Commitments during the Commitment
Period on any Business Day, provided that such Borrower shall give the
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irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent
prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, (a) three Business Days prior to the
requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or (b) one Business
Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Base Rate Loans)
(provided that any such notice of a borrowing of Base Rate Loans to finance
payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.5 may be given not later than
10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date of the proposed borrowing),
specifying (i) the amount and Type of Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested
Borrowing Date and (iii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts
of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest
Period therefor. Each borrowing under the Commitments shall be in an amount
equal to (x) in the case of Base Rate Loans, $500,000 or a whole multiple
thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available Commitments are less than $500,000,
such lesser amount) and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $1,000,000 or a
whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice
from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender
thereof. Each Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each
borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower
at the Funding Office prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing
Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the
Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower
by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower on the books
of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the
Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent.
          (b) Each Lender and each Group Member hereby authorizes the
Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, to make Protective Advances on
behalf of the Borrower (including in the event that the Borrower is unable to
satisfy with the conditions precedent to an Extension of Credit set forth in
Section 5) in accordance herewith.
          (c) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any
Lender prior to the date of borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make
available to the Administrative Agent its Percentage of the borrowing to be made
on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender will make
such amount available to the Administrative Agent on the Settlement Date and the
Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may but shall not be
obligated to make available the amount of the borrowing to be provided by such
Lender. If and to the extent such Lender shall not have so made available to the
Administrative Agent its Percentage of such borrowing on such date and the
Administrative Agent shall have so made available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount on behalf of such Lender, the Administrative Agent may
recover such amount on demand from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such
corresponding amount promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor,
the Administrative Agent may promptly notify ACEP and the Borrower shall
immediately repay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent together
with accrued interest thereon at the interest rate otherwise applicable to the
outstanding Loans.
          (d) Unless the Majority Lenders have instructed the Administrative
Agent to the contrary, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may but
shall not be obligated to make Base Rate Loans under clause (b) above without
prior notice of the proposed borrowing to the Lenders, subject to the following
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               (i) The amount of each Lender’s Percentage of Loans shall be
computed weekly (or more frequently in the Administrative Agent’s discretion)
and shall be adjusted upward or downward on the basis of the amount of
outstanding Loans as of 5:00 P.M. on the last Business Day of the period
specified by the Agent (such date, the “Settlement Date”). The Administrative
Agent shall deliver to each of the Lenders promptly after the Settlement Date a
summary statement of the amount of outstanding Loans for such period. The
Lenders shall transfer to the Administrative Agent such amounts as are necessary
so that (after giving effect to all such transfers) the amount of Loans made by
each Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Percentage of the aggregate amount
of Loans outstanding as of such Settlement Date. If the summary statement is
received by the Lenders prior to 12:00 noon on any Business Day, each Lender
shall make the transfers described above in immediately available funds no later
than 3:00 P.M. on the day such summary statement was received; and if such
summary statement is received by the Lenders after 12:00 noon on such day, each
Lender shall make such transfers no later than 3:00 P.M. on the next succeeding
Business Day. The obligation of each of the Lenders to transfer such funds shall
be irrevocable and unconditional and without recourse to or warranty by the
Administrative Agent. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to
mark its books and records on the Settlement Date to show at all times the
dollar amount of its Percentage of the outstanding Loans.
               (ii) To the extent that the settlement described above shall not
yet have occurred, upon repayment of Loans by the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent may first apply such amounts repaid directly to the amounts made available
by the Agent pursuant to this Section 2.2(d).
               (iii) Because the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders
may be advancing and/or may be repaid Loans prior to the time when the Lenders
will actually advance and/or be repaid Loans, interest with respect to Loans
shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent to each Lender and to the
Administrative Agent in accordance with (A) the amount of Loans actually
advanced by and repaid to each Lender and to the Administrative Agent, and
(B) the timing of each such advance by or repayment to each Lender and
Administrative Agent, and (x) shall accrue in favor of Administrative Agent from
and including the date such Loans are so advanced by Administrative Agent to but
excluding the date such Loans are either repaid by the Borrower or actually
settled by the applicable Lender as described in this Section, and (y) shall
accrue in favor of each Lender from and including the date that such Lender
funds to Administrative Agent its Percentage of such Loans to but excluding the
date such Loans are repaid by the Borrower.
          2.3. Commitment Fees, etc.
          (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender a commitment fee for the period from and including the
Restatement Date to the last day of the Commitment Period, computed at the
Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Commitment of
such Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in
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and on the Termination Date, commencing on the first of such dates to occur
after the date hereof.
          (b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in
the amounts and on the dates previously agreed to in writing by the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent.
          2.4. Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Borrower shall have
the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative
Agent, to terminate the Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount
of the Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of
Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any
prepayments of the Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Total
Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Commitments. Any such reduction
shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof, and
shall reduce permanently the Commitments then in effect.
          2.5. L/C Commitment.
          (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Lender, in
reliance on the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in Section 2.8(a),
agrees to issue letters of credit (“Letters of Credit”) for the account of the
Borrower on any Business Day during the Commitment Period in such form as may be
approved from time to time by the Issuing Lender; provided that the Issuing
Lender shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving
effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment
or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Available Commitments minus the aggregate
amount of reserves established (and then in effect) by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 2.1(c) would be less than zero. Each Letter of Credit shall
(A) be denominated in Dollars, (B) have a face amount of at least $500,000
(unless otherwise agreed by the Issuing Lender) and (C) expire no later than the
earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the date
that is five Business Days prior to the Termination Date, provided that any
Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the renewal thereof for
additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date
referred to in clause (y) above).
          (b) The Issuing Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue any
Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause the
Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any
applicable Requirement of Law.
          2.6. Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit. The Borrower may from
time to time request that the Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit (other
than the Outstanding Letters of Credit which shall remain outstanding and shall
be deemed to be issued on the Restatement Date as provided below in
Section 2.13) by delivering to the Issuing Lender at its address for notices
specified herein an Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of the
Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and
information as the Issuing Lender may request. Upon receipt of any Application,
the Issuing Lender will notify the Administrative Agent of the amount, the
beneficiary and the requested expiration of the requested Letter of Credit, and
upon receipt of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that after giving
effect to the requested issuance, the result of (a) the Available Commitments
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(b) the aggregate amount of reserves established (and then in effect) by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.1(c), would not be less than zero,
the Issuing Lender will process such Application and the certificates, documents
and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in
accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of
Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall the Issuing Lender be required
to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt
of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other
papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter
of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by the
Issuing Lender and the Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such
Letter of Credit to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent)
promptly following the issuance thereof. The Issuing Lender shall promptly
furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall in turn promptly furnish to the
Lenders, notice of the issuance of each Letter of Credit (including the amount
thereof).
          2.7. Fees and Other Charges.
          (a) The Borrower will pay a fee on all outstanding Letters of Credit
at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect
to Eurodollar Loans, shared ratably among the Lenders and payable quarterly in
arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date after the issuance date. In addition, the
Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting fee in
an amount equal to 0.125% (as of the Restatement Date) of the undrawn and
unexpired amount of each Letter of Credit as agreed by the Borrower and the
Issuing Lender, payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date after
the issuance date.
          (b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or
reimburse the Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses as
are incurred or charged by the Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting
payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit.
          2.8. L/C Participations.
          (a) The Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants
to each L/C Participant, and, to induce the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase
and hereby accepts and purchases from the Issuing Lender, on the terms and
conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participant’s own account and risk an
undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s Percentage in the Issuing
Lender’s obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit
issued hereunder and the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Lender
thereunder. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the
Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which the
Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative
Agent upon demand of the Issuing Lender an amount equal to such L/C
Participant’s Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that
is not so reimbursed. The Administrative Agent shall promptly forward such
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          (b) If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender pursuant to
Section 2.8(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by the
Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date
such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the product
of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate
during the period from and including the date such payment is required to the
date on which such payment is immediately available to the Issuing Lender, times
(iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during
such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such amount required to
be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section 2.8(a) is not made available
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender by such L/C
Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, the
Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on
demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the
rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans. A certificate of the Issuing
Lender submitted to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under
this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
          (c) Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made payment
under any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro
rata share of such payment in accordance with Section 2.8(a), the Administrative
Agent or the Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of
Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of
collateral applied thereto by the Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on
account thereof, the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may
be, will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof;
provided, however, that in the event that any such payment received by
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, shall be
required to be returned by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, such
L/C Participant shall return to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by the Administrative
Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, to it.
          2.9. Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to
reimburse the Issuing Lender on the same Business Day on which the Issuing
Lender notifies ACEP of the date and amount of a draft presented under any
Letter of Credit and paid by the Issuing Lender for the amount of (a) such draft
so paid and (b) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses incurred by
the Issuing Lender in connection with such payment. Each such payment shall be
made to the Issuing Lender at its address for notices referred to herein in
Dollars and in immediately available funds. Interest shall be payable on any
such amounts from the date on which the relevant draft is paid until payment in
full in (i) until the Business Day next succeeding the date of the relevant
notice, at the rate set forth Section 3.5(b) and (ii) in the event that the
Borrower fails to satisfy the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.3,
thereafter, at the rate set forth in Section 3.5(c). Each drawing under any
Letter of Credit shall (unless an event of the type described in clause (i) or
(ii) of Section 8(f) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the
Borrower, in which case the procedures specified in Section 2.8 for funding by
L/C Participants shall apply) constitute a request by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent for a borrowing pursuant to Section 2.2 of Base Rate Loans
in the amount of such drawing and such amount shall constitute a Loan hereunder.
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respect to such borrowing shall be the first date on which a borrowing of Loans
could be made, pursuant to Section 2.2, if the Administrative Agent had received
a notice of such borrowing at the time the Administrative Agent receives notice
from the relevant Issuing Lender of such drawing under such Letter of Credit.
          2.10. Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligations under
Section 2.9 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances
and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the
Borrower may have or have had against the Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a
Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with the Issuing
Lender that the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower’s
Reimbursement Obligations under Section 2.9 shall not be affected by, among
other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements
thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid,
fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among any Group Member and any
beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of
Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of a Group Member against any
beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The Issuing Lender
shall not be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in
transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however
transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or
omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the Issuing Lender. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by the
Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related
drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct and in accordance with the standards of care specified in the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York, shall be binding on the Borrower and
shall not result in any liability of the Issuing Lender to any Group Member.
          2.11. Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented for
payment under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall promptly notify
ACEP of the date and amount thereof. The responsibility of the Issuing Lender to
ACEP in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of
Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in
such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including
each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such
presentment are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit.
          2.12. Applications. To the extent that any provision of any
Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions
of this Section 2, the provisions of this Section 2 shall apply.
          2.13. Outstanding Letters of Credit. All Outstanding Letters of Credit
shall constitute Letters of Credit for all purposes of this Agreement, as if
fully issued hereunder on the Restatement Date.
SECTION 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE
TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
          3.1. Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time
to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon
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delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City
time, three Business Days prior thereto in the case of Eurodollar Loans and no
later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business Day prior thereto in the
case of Base Rate Loans, which notice shall specify the date and amount of
prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans;
provided that if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day
of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any
amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.11. Upon receipt of any such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. If any such
notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on
the date specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date on the
amount prepaid. Partial optional prepayments of Loans shall be in an aggregate
principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple thereof.
          3.2. Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions.
          (a) If on any date any Group Member shall receive Net Cash Proceeds
from any Asset Sale (other than a sale of Capital Stock of ACEP) or Recovery
Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in respect thereof,
such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied on such date toward the prepayment of
the Loans as set forth in Section 3.2(b); provided that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales and Recovery
Events that may be excluded from the foregoing requirement pursuant to a
Reinvestment Notice shall not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year of ACEP and
(ii) on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment
Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be
applied toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 3.2(b);
provided that any such prepayment shall not constitute a reduction of the
Commitments.
          (b) The application of any prepayment pursuant to Section 3.2 shall be
made, first, to Base Rate Loans and, second, to Eurodollar Loans. Each
prepayment of the Loans under Section 3.2 shall be accompanied by accrued
interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid.
          (c) Any reduction of the Commitments shall be accompanied by
prepayment of the Loans to the extent, if any, that the Total Extensions of
Credit exceed the amount of the Total Commitments as so reduced, provided that
if the aggregate principal amount of Loans then outstanding is less than the
amount of such excess (because L/C Obligations constitute a portion thereof),
the Borrower shall, to the extent of the balance of such excess, replace
outstanding Letters of Credit and/or deposit an amount in cash in a cash
collateral account established with the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
the Lenders in an amount equal to 105% of such balance of such excess and
otherwise on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
          3.3. Conversion and Continuation Options.
          (a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar
Loans to Base Rate Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable
notice of such election no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date, provided that any such
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the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower may elect
from time to time to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the
Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than
11:00 A.M., New York City time, three Business Days preceding the proposed
conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest
Period therefor), provided that no Base Rate Loan may be converted into a
Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders have determined in its or their
sole discretion not to permit such conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof.
          (b) Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration
of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving
irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period” set forth in Section 1.1, of
the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans, provided
that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such when any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Majority
Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
continuations, and provided, further, that if the Borrower shall fail to give
any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation
is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Loans shall be
automatically converted to Base Rate Loans on the last day of such then expiring
Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender thereof.
          3.4. Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of
Eurodollar Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder
shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that,
(a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the
Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $1,000,000
or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than ten
Eurodollar Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.
          3.5. Interest Rates and Payment Dates.
          (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each
Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar
Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin.
          (b) Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal
to the Base Rate applicable to such day plus the Applicable Margin.
          (c) (i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), all outstanding Loans and Reimbursement
Obligations (whether or not overdue) shall bear interest at a rate per annum
equal to (x) in the case of Loans, the rate that would otherwise be applicable
thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% or (y) in
the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans
plus 2%, and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or
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or any commitment fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when
due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue
amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable
to Base Rate Loans plus 2%, in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and
(ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full
(as well after as before judgment).
          (d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section
shall be payable from time to time on demand.
          3.6. Computation of Interest and Fees.
          (a) Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on
the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with
respect to Base Rate Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on the
basis of the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis
of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.
The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify ACEP and the
Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest
rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Base Rate or the Eurocurrency
Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the
day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as
soon as practicable notify ACEP and the Lenders of the effective date and the
amount of each such change in interest rate.
          (b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on
the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The
Administrative Agent shall, at the request of ACEP, deliver to ACEP a statement
showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any
interest rate pursuant to Section 3.5(a).
          3.7. Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day
of any Interest Period:
               (i) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason
of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or
               (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the
Majority Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for
such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining
their affected Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to
ACEP and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given
(x) any Eurodollar Loans requested to be made on the first day of such Interest
Period shall be made as Base Rate Loans, (y) any Loans that were to have been
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Loans shall be continued as Base Rate Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar
Loans shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period,
to Base Rate Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative
Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made or continued as such, nor shall
the Borrower have the right to convert Loans to Eurodollar Loans.
          3.8. Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.
          (a) Each borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, each
payment by the Borrower on account of any commitment fee and any reduction of
the Commitments of the Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the
Percentages of the Lenders.
          (b) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on
account of the Borrower Obligations shall be applied as follows: (i) first, to
pay any costs or expenses reimbursable by any Group Member and then due to any
Agent under the Loan Documents until paid in full, (ii) second, to pay any costs
or expenses reimbursable by any Group Member and then due to any Lender under
the Loan Documents, on a ratable basis in accordance with the Lenders’
respective Percentages, until paid in full, (iii) third, to pay any fees then
due to any Agent under the Loan Documents until paid in full, (iv) fourth, to
pay any fees then due to any Lender under the Loan Documents, on a ratable basis
in accordance with the Lenders’ respective Percentages, until paid in full, (v)
fifth, to pay interest due in respect of the Loans, on a ratable basis in
accordance with the Lenders’ respective Percentages, until paid in full, (vi)
sixth, to pay the principal of all Loans, on a ratable basis in accordance with
the Lenders’ respective Percentages, until paid in full, (vii) seventh, if an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to Administrative Agent, to be
held by Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of Issuing Lender and the
Lenders, as cash collateral in an amount up to 105% of the then extant amount of
the L/C Obligations, until paid in full, and (viii) eighth, if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, to pay any other Borrower Obligations
(including the provision of amounts to Administrative Agent, to be held by
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Qualified Counterparties that are a
party to any Specified Hedge Agreement, as cash collateral in an amount up to
the amount determined by Administrative Agent in its discretion as the amount
necessary to secure the Group Members’ obligations in respect of the Specified
Hedge Agreements).
          (c) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower
hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall
be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately
available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the
Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment
hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable
on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and
payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension
would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such
payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of
any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two
sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during
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          (d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in
writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the
amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is
making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative
Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative
Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay
to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a
rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation for the period until such Lender makes such
amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the
Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing
under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If
such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing
Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount
with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans, on
demand, from the Borrower.
          (e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in
writing by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the
Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is
making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required
to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their
respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not
made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three Business Days
after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on
demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant
to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per
annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein
shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
against the Borrower.
          3.9. Requirements of Law.
          (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in
the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central
bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:
               (i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever
with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Application or any
Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such
Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded Taxes covered by Section 3.10
and changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender);
               (ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special
deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits
or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other
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other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise
included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate hereunder; or
               (iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition; and the
result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an
amount that such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into,
continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or issuing or participating in
Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect
thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender,
upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for
such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled
to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly
notify ACEP (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of
which it has become so entitled.
          (b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any
change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the
interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any
corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing
the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a
consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of
Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have
achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration
such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy)
by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after
submission by such Lender to ACEP (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a
written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such
reduction.
          (c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to
this Section submitted by any Lender to ACEP (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section, the Borrower shall not be required to
compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred more than
six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies ACEP of such Lender’s
intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances
giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such six-month period
shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect. The
obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder.
          3.10. Taxes.
          (a) All payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be
made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account
of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied,
collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding net
income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed
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between such Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental
Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from such
Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or
received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges,
fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) or Other Taxes are
required to be withheld from any amounts payable to any Agent or any Lender
hereunder, the amounts so payable to such Agent or such Lender shall be
increased to the extent necessary to yield to such Agent or such Lender (after
payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other
amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this
Agreement, provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to
increase any such amounts payable to any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded
Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the
requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section or (ii) that are United
States withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time
such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, except to the extent that such
Lender’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive
additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes
pursuant to this paragraph.
          (b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
          (c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the
Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to the
Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant
Agent or Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official
receipt received by the Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails
to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing
authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or
other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Agents and
the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become
payable by any Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure.
          (d) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a “U.S. Person” as defined
in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to ACEP
and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender
from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two copies of
either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or, in the case
of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under
Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio
interest”, a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit E and a Form W-8BEN,
or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and
duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a
reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered
by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this
Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such
Participant purchases the related participation). In addition, each Non-U.S.
Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of
any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender. Each Non-U.S. Lender
shall promptly notify ACEP at any time it determines that it is no longer in a
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to ACEP (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing
authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this
paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant
to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.
          (e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of
non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower
is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to
payments under this Agreement shall deliver to ACEP (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law and as
reasonably requested in writing by ACEP, such properly completed and executed
documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be
made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such Lender is
legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such
Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially
prejudice the legal position of such Lender.
          (f) If any Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion,
that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the
Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.10, it shall pay
over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments
made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 3.10 with
respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund),
net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Agent or such Lender and without
interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority
with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of
such Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower
(plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant
Governmental Authority) to such Agent or such Lender in the event such Agent or
such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.
This paragraph shall not be construed to require any Agent or any Lender to make
available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which
it deems confidential) to any Group Member or any other Person .
          (g) The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of
this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
          3.11. Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and to
hold each Lender harmless from any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain
or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing
of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has
given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, (b) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment of or conversion
from Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice thereof in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a
prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest
Period with respect thereto. In the case of clauses (a) and (c), such
indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so
borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such
prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of
such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or
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date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such
Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included
therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by
such Lender) that would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing
such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the
interbank eurodollar market. A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to
this Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
          3.12. Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the
occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 3.9 or 3.10(a)
with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use
reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to
designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the
object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided that such
designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause
such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory
disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect
or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender
pursuant to Section 3.9 or 3.10(a).
          3.13. Replacement of Lenders. ACEP shall be permitted to replace any
Lender that:
          (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.9
or 3.10(a); or
          (b) defaults in its obligation to make Loans hereunder,
with a replacement lender provided that:
               (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of
Law;
               (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at
the time of such replacement;
               (iii) prior to any such replacement, such Lender shall have taken
no action under Section 3.12 so as to eliminate the continued need for payment
of amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.9 or 3.10(a);
               (iv) the replacement lender shall purchase, at par, all Loans and
other amounts owing to such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of
replacement;
               (v) the Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender under
Section 3.11 if any Eurodollar Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be
purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto;
               (vi) the replacement Lender, if not already a Lender, shall be
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               (vii) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such
replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.6 (provided that the
Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred
to therein);
               (viii) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated,
the Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to
Section 3.9 or 3.10(a), as the case may be; and
               (ix) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of
any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall
have against the replaced Lender.
          3.14. Evidence of Debt.
          (a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice
an account or accounts evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts
of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
under this Agreement.
          (b) The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall
maintain the Register pursuant to Section 11.6(b), and a subaccount therein for
each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made
hereunder and any Note evidencing such Loan, the Type of such Loan and each
Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest
due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender
hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative
Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.
          (c) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender
maintained pursuant to Section 3.14(a) shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however, that the
failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or
any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the
obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to
the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
          (d) The Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative
Agent by any Lender, the Borrower will execute and deliver to such Lender a
promissory note of the Borrower evidencing any Loans of such Lender,
substantially in the forms of Exhibit F, with appropriate insertions as to date
and principal amount.
          3.15. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the
adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or
application thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain
Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, (a) the commitment of such
Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans, continue Eurodollar Loans as such and
convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be canceled and
(b) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be
converted automatically to Base Rate Loans on the respective last days of the
then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier
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any such conversion of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a day which is not the last
day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrower shall
pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section
3.11.
          3.16. Source of Loans. The Agents and each Lender hereby represent and
warrant to the Borrower and Commonly Controlled Entity that no part of the
source of any Loan made hereunder constitutes assets of any “employee benefit
plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
          To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and
to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, each Group
Member from time to time party hereto hereby represents and warrants to each
Agent and each Lender that:
          4.1. Financial Condition.
          (a) The audited balance sheets of the Group Members as at December 31,
2003, December 31, 2004, and December 31, 2005 to the extent such statements are
available, and the related statements of income and of cash flows for the fiscal
years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified
report from Grant Thornton LLP (or from KPMG LLP with respect to the audited
balance sheets ending December 31, 2003) present fairly the financial condition
of the Group Members as at such date, and the results of the operations and its
cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended. The unaudited balance
sheet of the Group Members as at March 31, 2006, if such balance sheet is
available, and the related unaudited statements of income and cash flows for the
year to date period ended on such date, present fairly the financial condition
of the Group Members as at such date, and the results of its operations and its
cash flows for the three-month period then ended (subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments). All such financial statements, including the related
schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the
aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein). No Group Member has
any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for
taxes, or any long-term leases (other than any Lease Transaction permitted
hereunder) or unusual forward or long-term commitments, including any interest
rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in
respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the most recent financial
statements referred to in this paragraph other than, on the Restatement Date,
the Guarantee Obligations of the Group Members that constitute Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of the Senior Second Lien Notes. During the period from
December 31, 2005 to and including the date hereof there has been no Disposition
by the Group Members of any material part of its business or property except as
described on Schedule 4.1.
          4.2. No Change. Since December 31, 2005, there has been no development
or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
          4.3. Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Group Member:
          (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
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          (b) has the power and authority, and the legal right, to own and
operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct
the business in which it is currently engaged;
          (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing
under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of
property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except to
the extent that the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse
Effect; and
          (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent
that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          4.4. Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Group Member
has the power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform
the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to
obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Group Member has taken all necessary
organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of
the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to
authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act
by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required
in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or with the execution,
delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, or any of
the Loan Documents, except (i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices
described in Schedule 4.4, which consents, authorizations, filings and notices
have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect (except as specified
in Schedule 4.4) and (ii) the filings referred to in Schedule 3 to the Pledge
and Security Agreement. Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered
on behalf of each Group Member party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and
each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and
binding obligation of each Group Member party thereto, enforceable against each
such Group Member in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by
general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in
equity or at law).
          4.5. No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the
borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any
Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member and will
not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of
their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or
any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Collateral
Documents). No Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation applicable to any
Group Member could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          4.6. Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.6, no litigation,
investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened by or
against any Group Member or against any of their respective properties or
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the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b) that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          4.7. No Default. No Group Member is in default under or with respect
to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
          4.8. Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Group Member has title in fee
simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its real property, and good
title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other property, and none of
such property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by Section 7.3.
          4.9. Intellectual Property. Each Group Member owns, or is licensed to
use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as
currently conducted. No material claim has been asserted and is pending by any
Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the
validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does any Group
Member know of any valid basis for any such claim. The use of Intellectual
Property by each Group Member does not infringe on the rights of any Person in
any material respect.
          4.10. Taxes. Each Group Member has filed or caused to be filed all
Federal, state and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and
has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any
assessments made against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or
other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority
(other than any the amount or validity of that are currently being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in
conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the applicable Group
Member); no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of any Group Member,
no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge
other than those permitted pursuant to Section 7.3 or as could not otherwise
have a Material Adverse Effect.
          4.11. Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and
no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for “buying” or “carrying”
any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms
under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any
purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If
requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect
in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as
applicable, referred to in Regulation U.
          4.12. Labor Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other
labor disputes against any Group Member pending or, to the knowledge of any
Group Member, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of
each Group Member have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or
any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters; and (c) all
payments due from any Group Member on account of employee health and welfare
insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant
Group Member.

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          4.13. ERISA. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) neither a Reportable Event nor
an “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred during the five-year period prior to
the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any
Single Employer Plan; (b) each Plan has complied in all material respects with
the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (c) no termination of a Single
Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Single
Employer Plan has arisen, during such five-year period; (d) the present value of
all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions
used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to
the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value
of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits; and (e) neither
ACEP nor any Commonly Controlled Entity (i) has had a complete or partial
withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan, (ii) expect to incur any withdrawal
liability with respect to any Multiemployer Plan or (iii) has received notice
that any Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or is Insolvent.
          4.14. Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Group Member is an
“investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”,
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Group
Member is subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than
Regulation X of the Board) that limits its ability to incur Indebtedness.
          4.15. Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent by
ACEP in writing from time to time after the Restatement Date, (a) Schedule 4.15
(as such Schedule 4.15 may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in connection with the creation or acquisition by any Group Member
of a new Subsidiary or the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) sets forth the name and jurisdiction of incorporation
of each Subsidiary and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class
of Capital Stock owned by any Group Member and (b) there are no outstanding
subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or
commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors and
directors’ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Capital Stock of a
Group Member, except as created by the Loan Documents. Schedule 4.15 (as so
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified) correctly identifies whether each
such Subsidiary is a Restricted or an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
          4.16. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans, together with the
Letters of Credit, shall be used to repay in full all Existing Loans and for
general corporate purposes, including without limitation, in connection with the
Acquisition.
          4.17. Environmental Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
          (a) the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by any
Group Member (the “Properties”) do not contain, and have not previously
contained, any Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or concentrations
or under circumstances that constitute or constituted a violation of, or could
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          (b) no Group Member has received or is aware of any notice of
violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability
regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with
regard to any of the Properties or the business operated by any Group Member
(the “Business”), nor does any Group Member have knowledge or reason to believe
that any such notice will be received or is being threatened;
          (c) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or
disposed of from the Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a location
that could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law, nor have any
Materials of Environmental Concern been generated, treated, stored or disposed
of at, on or under any of the Properties in violation of, or in a manner that
could give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law;
          (d) no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is
pending or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened, under any
Environmental Law to which any Group Member is or will be named as a party with
respect to the Properties or the Business, nor are there any consent decrees or
other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other
administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law
with respect to the Properties or the Business;
          (e) there has been no release or threat of release of Materials of
Environmental Concern at or from the Properties, or arising from or related to
the operations of any Group Member in connection with the Properties, any
facilities or properties formerly owned, leased or operated by any Group Member
or otherwise in connection with the Business, in violation of or in amounts or
in a manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental Laws;
          (f) the Properties and all operations at the Properties are in
compliance, and have in the last five years been in compliance, with all
applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no contamination at, under or about
the Properties or violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the
Properties or the Business; and
          (g) no Group Member has assumed any liability of any other Person
under Environmental Laws.
          4.18. Accuracy of Information, etc. No statement or information
contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other document,
certificate or statement furnished by or on behalf of any Group Member to the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, for use in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate
was so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not
misleading. The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the
materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions
believed by management of ACEP to be reasonable at the time made, it being
recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to
future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the
period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the
projected results set forth therein by a material amount. There is no fact known
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reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been
expressly disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents, or in any other
documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and
by the other Loan Documents.
          4.19. Mortgages. Each of the Mortgages (as amended by the
Modifications) is effective to create or reaffirm, as the case may be, in favor
of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and
enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds and
products thereof, and when the Mortgages or the Modifications, as the case may
be, are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4.19, each such Mortgage or
Modification shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest
in, all right, title and interest of the Group Member in the Mortgaged
Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined
in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right to any other
Person. Schedule 1.1 lists, as of the Restatement Date, each parcel of owned
real property and each leasehold interest in real property held by any Group
Member.
          4.20. Solvency. Each Group Member is, and after the incurrence of all
Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection herewith will be and
will continue to be, Solvent.
          4.21. Senior Indebtedness. The Borrower Obligations constitute “First
Lien Obligations” under and as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement and the
Senior Second Lien Note Indenture. The Obligations of each Restricted Subsidiary
hereunder constitute “First Lien Obligations” of such Restricted Subsidiary
under and as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior Second Lien
Note Indenture.
          4.22. Regulation H. No Mortgage encumbers improved real property that
is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood
insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
(except any Mortgaged Properties as to which such flood insurance as required by
Regulation H has been obtained and is in full force and effect as required by
this Agreement).
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
          5.1. Intentionally Omitted.
          5.2. Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Agreement
and the obligations of each Agent and of each Lender hereunder is subject to the
following conditions precedent (the date on which all such conditions have been
satisfied, the “Restatement Date”); provided that in any event all such
conditions shall be satisfied by May 12, 2006 or this Agreement shall not become
effective:
          (a) Loan Documents. All legal matters incident to this Agreement, the
Extensions of Credit hereunder and the other Loan Documents shall be
satisfactory to the Lenders, to the Issuing Bank, to the Administrative Agent
and to the Collateral Agent and there shall have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent (i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, the
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executed and delivered on the Restatement Date, executed by each of the
Borrower, each other Group Member, each Agent and each Lender, as applicable and
(ii) any Modifications or other amendments or supplements required to be
executed on the Restatement Date by the applicable party.
          (b) Prepayment. The Borrower shall have delivered notice to the
Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 3.1 of the Original
Credit Agreement stating (A) the Borrower’s intent to prepay in full the
Existing Loans outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement, and (B) that the
Restatement Date shall be the effective date of such prepayment.
          (c) Financial Statements. The Lenders shall have received (i) the
audited financial statements of the Group Members for the 2005 fiscal year and
the most recently ended year to date quarterly period, in each case, to the
extent such audited financial statements are available and (ii) unaudited
interim financial statements of the Group Members for each quarterly period
ended subsequent to the date of the financial statements delivered pursuant to
clause (i) of this paragraph as to which such financial statements are
available.
          (d) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
results of a recent lien search in each of the jurisdictions where the Group
Members are organized and where assets of the Group Members are located, and
such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Group Members
except for liens permitted by Section 7.3 or discharged on or prior to the
Restatement Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
          (e) Fees. The Lenders and the Agents shall have received all fees
required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), on or before the
Restatement Date. All such amounts may be paid with proceeds of Loans made on
the Restatement Date and will be reflected in the funding instructions given by
ACEP to the Administrative Agent on or before the Restatement Date.
          (f) Group Member Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have
received a certificate of each Group Member, dated the Restatement Date,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B, with appropriate insertions and
attachments including the certificate of formation of each Group Member
certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such
Group Member, and a good standing certificate for each Group Member from its
jurisdiction of organization; provided that in lieu of delivering such
insertions and attachments (other than a good standing certificate), such Group
Member may deliver a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of such Group
Member to the effect that there have been no material amendments to the
insertions and attachments to the certificate of such Group Member previously
delivered to Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc. as the Administrative Agent in
connection with the Original Credit Agreement.
          (g) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including
any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Collateral
Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be
filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative
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Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any
other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by
Section 7.3), shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.
          (h) Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received insurance
certificates satisfying the requirements of Section 4.2 of the Pledge and
Security Agreement and Section 6.5 hereof.
          (i) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
following executed legal opinions:
               (i) the legal opinion of New York counsel to the Group Members,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1; and
               (ii) the legal opinion of local counsel in Nevada to the Group
Members substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2; and
               (iii) the legal opinion such other special and local counsel as
may be required by the Administrative Agent.
Each such legal opinion shall cover such other matters incident to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably require.
          (j) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. The Collateral Agent
shall have received (i) the certificates representing the shares of Capital
Stock pledged pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, together with an
undated stock power or assignment for each such certificate executed in blank by
a duly authorized officer, member or manager of the pledgor thereof and
(ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to
the Pledge and Security Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or
accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof.
          (k) Real Estate Assets. In order to create or reaffirm, as the case
may be, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, a valid, and subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein,
perfected first priority security interest in certain real property, the
Collateral Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each other applicable
Group Member:
               (i) fully executed, attested and acknowledged modifications, each
in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (the
“Modifications”), to all Mortgages (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement)
in proper form for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable
jurisdictions, encumbering each Mortgaged Property (as defined in the Original
Credit Agreement);
               (ii) an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) in each state in which a Mortgaged
Property is located with respect to the enforceability of the Mortgages in
connection with such Mortgaged Property, as modified by the Modifications, and
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Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; and
               (iii) (A) endorsements to each Title Policy delivered with
respect to the Mortgages (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement) or
unconditional commitments therefore issued by one or more title companies
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent with respect to the Mortgages
filed against each Mortgaged Property, each in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (B) evidence reasonably satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent that the applicable Group Member has paid to the title
company or to the appropriate governmental authorities all expenses and premiums
of the title company and all other sums required in connection with the issues
of each endorsement to any such Title Policy and all recording and stamp tax
(including mortgage recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with
recording the Modifications for each Mortgaged Property in the appropriate real
estate records.
          (l) Non-Continuing Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall have
received written verification acceptable to it that each of the Existing Lenders
that are not Continuing Lenders have been, or will be, paid in full in all
amounts required to be paid to them by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.1.
          (m) Miscellaneous. The Administrative Agent shall have received such
other documents, agreements, certificates and information as it shall reasonably
request.
          5.3. Conditions to Each Extension of Credit. The agreement of each
Lender to make any extension of credit requested to be made by it on any date
(including its initial extension of credit except with respect to
Section 5.3(d)) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions
precedent:
          (a) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the extension of credit
contemplated thereby).
          (b) Each of the representations and warranties made by any Group
Member in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date
(except for any representation and warranty that is as of a specific date) and
after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such
date.
          (c) A Responsible Officer shall certify in writing to the
Administrative Agent that the incurrence of Indebtedness represented by the
requested extensions of credit is permitted under the Senior Second Lien Note
Indenture and that the debt so incurred will constitute “First Lien Obligations”
under and as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement and Senior Second Lien Note
Indenture.
          (d) No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing,
or could reasonably be expected to result from such extension of credit or the
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Each borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower
hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of
the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained in this
Section 5.3 have been satisfied.
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
          Each Group Member from time to time party hereto hereby agrees that,
so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains
outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or Agent
hereunder, such Group Member shall and shall cause each other Group Member that
is a Subsidiary of such Group Member to:
          6.1. Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent and
each Lender:
          (a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the
end of each fiscal year of ACEP, a copy of:
               (i) the audited consolidating and consolidated balance sheet of
the Group Members as at the end of such year;
               (ii) the related audited consolidating and consolidated
statements of income; and
               (iii) the related audited consolidated statements of cash flows
for such year;
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception,
or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by Grant Thornton LLP or
other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized
standing; and
          (b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days
after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year
of ACEP:
               (i) the unaudited consolidating (if such statements have been
prepared by the Group Members) and consolidated balance sheet of the Group
Members as at the end of such quarter;
               (ii) the related unaudited consolidating (if such statements have
been prepared by the Group Members) and consolidated statements of income; and
               (iii) the related unaudited consolidated statement of cash flows
for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such
quarter;
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material
respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).

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All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material
respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP
applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior
periods (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be,
and disclosed therein). If ACEP has designated any of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information
required by the preceding paragraph shall include a reasonably detailed
presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes
thereto of the financial condition and results of operations of the Group
Members separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the
Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
          6.2. Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender (or, in the case of clause (g), to the relevant Lender):
          (a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements
referred to in Section 6.1(a), a certificate of the independent certified public
accountants reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the
examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event
of Default, except as specified in such certificate;
          (b) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements
pursuant to Section 6.1,
               (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to the
best of each such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each Group Member during such
period has observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and
satisfied every condition, contained in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by it,
and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or
Event of Default except as specified in such certificate; and
               (ii) in the case of quarterly or annual financial statements,
(x) a Compliance Certificate containing all information and calculations
necessary for determining compliance by the Group Members with the provisions of
this Agreement referred to therein as of the last day of the fiscal quarter or
fiscal year of ACEP, as the case may be, and (y) to the extent not previously
disclosed to the Administrative Agent, a listing of any Intellectual Property
acquired by any Group Member since the date of the most recent list delivered
pursuant to this clause (y) (or, in the case of the first such list so
delivered, since the Restatement Date);
          (c) as soon as available, and in any event no later than the last day
of each fiscal year of ACEP, a detailed consolidated and consolidating projected
income statement of the Group Members as of the end of the following fiscal
year, and a description of the underlying assumptions applicable thereto
(collectively, the “Projections”), which Projections shall in each case be
accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that such
Projections are based on reasonable estimates, information and assumptions and
that such Responsible Officer has no reason to believe that such Projections are
incorrect or misleading in any material respect;

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          (d) if ACEP is not then a reporting company or voluntary filer under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, within 45 days after the end of
each fiscal quarter of ACEP, a narrative discussion and analysis of the
financial condition and results of operations of Group Members for such fiscal
quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to
the end of such fiscal quarter, as compared to the actual financial condition
and results of operations comparable periods of the previous year;
          (e) no later than 10 Business Days prior to the effectiveness thereof,
copies of substantially final drafts of any proposed amendment, supplement,
waiver or other modification with respect to the Senior Second Lien Note
Indenture;
          (f) within five days after the same are sent, copies of all financial
statements and reports that ACEP sends to the holders of any class of its debt
securities or public equity securities and, within five days after the same are
filed, copies of all financial statements and reports that ACEP may make to, or
file with, the SEC; and
          (g) promptly, such additional financial and other information as any
Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
          6.3. Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or
before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its
material obligations of whatever nature, except where the amount or validity
thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on
the books of the relevant Group Member.
          6.4. Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. (a) (i) Preserve, renew and
keep in full force and effect its organizational existence and (ii) take all
reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or
desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as
otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above,
to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and
Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith could
not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          6.5. Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property useful
and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear
and tear excepted and (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable
insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and
against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability,
product liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in
the same general area by companies engaged in the same business.
          6.6. Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep
proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in
conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings
and transactions in relation to its business and activities, (b) permit
representatives of any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and
examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records during customary
business hours once each calendar quarter (excluding any visit by any Lender or
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made for purposes other than an inspection), provided that at any time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default,
representatives of any Lender may visit and inspect any of the properties of the
Group Members and examine and make abstracts from any of the books and records
of the Group Members at any reasonable time and as often as may reasonably be
desired, (c) permit representatives of any Lender to discuss the business,
operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Group Members
with officers and employees of the Group Members at any reasonable time and as
often as may reasonably be desired, (d) after any Lender has notified ACEP of
its intent to do so, permit representatives of any Lender to meet with their
independent certified public accountants no more than once per year (other than
at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an
Event of Default during which time such representatives may meet with their
independent certified public accountants at any reasonable time and as often as
may reasonably be desired), and (e) cooperate with the Administrative Agent in
the event that the Administrative Agent requests and conducts any appraisal of
the assets of the Group Members.
          6.7. Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and
each Lender of:
          (a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
          (b) any (i) default or event of default under any Contractual
Obligation of any Group Member or (ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding
that may exist at any time between any Group Member and any Governmental
Authority, that in either case could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
          (c) any litigation or proceeding affecting any Group Member (i) in
which the amount involved is $500,000 or more and not covered by insurance,
(ii) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought or (iii) which relates to
any Loan Document;
          (d) the following events, as soon as possible and in any event within
30 days after a Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) the occurrence
of any Reportable Event with respect to any Single Employer Plan, a failure to
make any required contribution to a Single Employer Plan, the creation of any
Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Single Employer Plan or any withdrawal from, or
the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or
(ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by the
PBGC or ACEP or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan with
respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency
of, any Plan, and in each case in clause (i) and (ii), such event, together will
all other such events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
          (e) the following events, as soon as possible and in any event within
30 days after a Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) the occurrence
of any Reportable Event with respect to any Group Plan, a failure to make any
required contribution to a Group Plan, the creation of any Lien in favor of the
PBGC or a Group Plan or any withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization
or Insolvency of, any Group Multiemployer Plan or (ii) the institution of
proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or ACEP or any Group
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Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination,
Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Group Plan;
          (f) any development or event that has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
          (g) promptly upon any Person becoming a Subsidiary of any Group Member
written notice setting forth with respect to such Person:
               (i) the date on which such Person became a Subsidiary of the
Borrower,
               (ii) whether such Subsidiary is a Restricted or an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, and
               (iii) all of the data required to be set forth in Schedule 4.15
hereto with respect to all Subsidiaries of Group Member (it being understood
that such written notice shall be deemed to supplement Schedule 4.15 hereto for
all purposes of this Agreement);
Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of
a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to
therein and stating what action applicable Group Member proposes to take with
respect thereto.
          6.8. Environmental Laws. (a) Comply in all material respects with, and
ensure compliance in all material respects by all tenants and subtenants, if
any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply in all
material respects with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants
obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, any and all
licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by
applicable Environmental Laws.
          (b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and
testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under
Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material respects with all lawful
orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental
Laws.
          6.9. Additional Collateral, etc.
          (a) With respect to any property acquired after the Restatement Date
by any Group Member (other than (x) any property described in paragraph (b),
(c) or (d) below, and (y) any property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by
Section 7.3(h)) as to which the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on
its behalf), for the benefit of the Lenders, does not have a perfected first
priority Lien, promptly:
               (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (or the
Collateral Agent on its behalf) such amendments to the Pledge and Security
Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or
advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its
behalf), for the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in such property;
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               (ii) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to the
Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf), for the benefit of
the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in such property,
including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such
jurisdictions or take such other actions as may be required by the Pledge and
Security Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent.
          (b) With respect to any fee interest in any real property having a
value (together with improvements thereof) of at least $2,000,000 or acquired
with the proceeds of any disposition of any property or assets constituting
Collateral acquired after the Restatement Date by any Group Member (other than
any such real property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section 7.3(h)),
promptly:
               (i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage, in favor of
the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf), for the
benefit of the Lenders, covering such real property;
               (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, provide the
Lenders with (x) title and extended coverage insurance covering such real
property in an amount at least equal to the purchase price of such real property
(or such other amount as shall be reasonably specified by the Administrative
Agent) as well as a current ALTA survey thereof, together with a surveyor’s
certificate and (y) any consents or estoppels reasonably deemed necessary or
advisable by the Administrative Agent in connection with such Mortgage, each of
the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent;
               (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the
Administrative Agent an environmental report, which report shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
               (iv) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the
Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf) legal opinions
relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and
substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
          (c) With respect to any new Restricted Subsidiary created or acquired
after the Restatement Date by any Group Member (which, for the purposes of this
paragraph (c), shall include any existing Restricted Subsidiary that ceases to
be an Unrestricted Subsidiary), subject to applicable Gaming Laws, promptly:
               (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (or the
Collateral Agent, as applicable) such amendments hereto and to the Pledge and
Security Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to
grant to the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf), for
the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in the
Capital Stock of such new Restricted Subsidiary that is owned by any Group
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               (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent
on its behalf) the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with
undated stock powers or assignments, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly
authorized officer of the relevant Group Member;
               (iii) cause such new Restricted Subsidiary (A) to become a party
hereto and to the Pledge and Security Agreement, (B) to take such actions
necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral
Agent on its behalf) for the benefit of the Lenders a perfected first priority
security interest in the Collateral described in the Pledge and Security
Agreement with respect to such new Restricted Subsidiary, including the filing
of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions and take
such other actions as may be required by the Pledge and Security Agreement or by
law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent and (C) to deliver to the
Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf) such other
documentation required to be delivered pursuant to the Pledge and Security
Agreement; and
               (iv) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the
Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf) legal opinions
relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and
substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
          (d) With respect to any new Unrestricted Subsidiary created or
acquired after the Restatement Date by any Group Member, subject to applicable
Gaming Laws, promptly:
               (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such
amendments hereto and to the Pledge and Security Agreement, as applicable, as
the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the
Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf), for the benefit of
the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock
of such new Subsidiary that is owned by any such Group Member;
               (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent
on its behalf) the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with
undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of the relevant Group Member, as the case may be, and take such other
action as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent,
desirable to perfect the Administrative Agent’s (or the Collateral Agent’s)
security interest therein; and
               (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the
Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf) legal opinions
relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and
substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
          6.10. Further Assurances. From time to time execute and deliver, or
cause to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or
documents, and take all such actions, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
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effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or
of more fully perfecting or renewing the rights of the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders with respect to the Collateral (or with respect to any additions
thereto or replacements or proceeds thereof or with respect to any other
property or assets hereafter acquired by any Group Member which may be deemed to
be part of the Collateral) pursuant hereto or thereto. Upon the exercise by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender of any power, right, privilege or remedy
pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which requires any
consent, approval, recording qualification or authorization of any Governmental
Authority, the applicable Group Member will execute and deliver, or will cause
the execution and delivery of, all applications, certifications, instruments and
other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent or such Lenders may be
required to obtain from the applicable Group Member for such governmental
consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization.
          6.11. Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Restricted Subsidiaries.
          ACEP may designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if:
               (i) such designation is in compliance with Section 7.6;
               (ii) after giving effect to such designation, such Subsidiary
does not own, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the Capital Stock in any
Restricted Subsidiary;
               (iii) such Subsidiary has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse
Indebtedness;
               (iv) such Subsidiary does not own any Key Property or portion
thereof or interest therein;
               (v) such Subsidiary is not party to any agreement, contract,
arrangement or understanding with any Group Member other than any such
agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding the terms of which are no less
favorable to such Group Member than the terms that such member could obtain at
the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of a Group Member (other than any
agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding described in
Section 7.9(b)(iv));
               (vi) such Subsidiary is a Person with respect to which no Group
Member has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional
Equity Interests (unless the amount of such subscription could be made as a
Restricted Payment) or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial
condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating
results;
               (vii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
as a result from ACEP’s election to so designate a Subsidiary.
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          (a) the Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary would have been
permitted under Section 7.2; and
          (b) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall
result from such designation.
Any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and
any designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, shall
be evidenced by filing with the Administrative Agent a certified copy of the
resolution of the board of directors of ACEP giving effect to such designation
and an officer’s certificate of ACEP certifying that such designation complies
with the applicable requirements set forth in this Section 6.11. Schedule 4.15
may be amended from time to time by ACEP in accordance with the following
sentence. Upon the designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or
a Restricted Subsidiary, Schedule 4.15 shall be amended to indicate the status
of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary. Any
Restricted Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance
with this Section 6.11 shall be released from its obligations under each Loan
Document to which it is a party and the Administrative Agent shall release and
discharge the Liens granted by such Unrestricted Subsidiary related to the
Collateral pursuant to such Loan Documents. The foregoing to the contrary
notwithstanding, in the event that ACEP designates any Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary without satisfying each of the requirements set forth in
this Section 6.11, such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a Restricted Subsidiary
and such designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be
ineffective.
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
          Each Group Member from time to time party hereto hereby agrees that,
so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains
outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or Agent
hereunder, such Group Member shall not, and shall not permit any other Group
Member that is a Subsidiary of such Group Member to, directly or indirectly:
          7.1. Financial Condition Covenants.
          (a) [Intentionally Omitted].
          (b) Consolidated First Lien Debt Leverage Ratio. On and after the
Restatement Date, permit the Consolidated First Lien Debt Leverage Ratio as at
the last day of any fiscal quarter of ACEP (or, on the Restatement Date, the
most recently completed fiscal quarter immediately preceding the Restatement
Date on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Acquisition) to exceed 1.00
to 1.00 unless the Group Member shall have repaid Indebtedness to the extent
necessary to achieve a Consolidated First Lien Debt Leverage Ratio equal to or
less than 1.00 to 1.00 within 5 days after a Group Member is aware (after due
inquiry) of such non-compliance (and in any event prior to the date on which
ACEP is required to deliver the applicable financial statements, it being
understood that if such financial statements are not delivered on or before the
date required pursuant to Section 6.1, the Group Members shall be deemed not to
be in compliance with this Section 7.1).
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     (a) Ratio Debt. No Group Member will, directly or indirectly, incur any
Indebtedness, and the Borrower will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will
not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred
stock; provided, however, that the Group Members may incur Indebtedness
(including Indebtedness acquired as a result of any merger or acquisition) or
issue Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
for the Borrower’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which
internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on
which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or
such preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.0
to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of
the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred
or the Disqualified Stock or the preferred stock had been issued, as the case
may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
     (b) Additional Permitted Debt. In addition, clause (a) above will not
prohibit the incurrence of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively,
“Permitted Indebtedness”):
               (i) Indebtedness of any Group Member pursuant to any Loan
Document;
               (ii) the Senior Second Lien Notes in an aggregate principal
amount of $215,000,000 or the exchange notes in respect thereof pursuant to the
Senior Second Lien Indenture;
               (iii) (A) Indebtedness of the Borrower and American Casino &
Entertainment Properties Finance Corp. in respect of additional Senior Second
Lien Notes (including any Senior Second Lien Notes issued pursuant to
Section 4.09(b)(14) of the Senior Second Lien Indenture) and (B) Guarantee
Obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Indebtedness,
provided that such Indebtedness and the Liens in respect thereof are subject to
the Intercreditor Agreement;
               (iv) Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease
Obligations) secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.3(h) in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
               (v) the incurrence by any Group Member of Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund,
refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that
was incurred under the first paragraph of this covenant or clauses (iv), (v),
(xi) or (xii) of this paragraph;
               (vi) the incurrence by Group Members of intercompany Indebtedness
between or among Group Members; provided, however, that (a) if the Borrower is
the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Borrower Obligations,
(b) if any other Group Member is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such
Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of
its Obligations under Section 10; and (c) (i) any subsequent issuance or
transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by
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any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not a Group Member shall be deemed, in
each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by a Group Member,
as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (v); provided that in
the case of clauses (a) and (b), that no restriction on the payment of
principal, interest or other obligations in connection with such intercompany
Indebtedness shall be required by such subordinated terms except during the
occurrence and continuation of a Default or Event of Default;
               (vii) Hedge Agreements permitted under Section 7.11;
               (viii) Guarantee Obligations by any Group Member of Indebtedness
of another Group Member that was permitted to be incurred by another provision
of this covenant; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is
subordinated to or pari passu with the Loans, then such Guarantee Obligations
shall be subordinated or pari passu, as applicable, to the same extent as the
Indebtedness guaranteed;
               (ix) the incurrence by ACEP or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance
obligations, bankers’ acceptances, performance and surety bonds in the ordinary
course of business;
               (x) the incurrence by ACEP or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial
institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against
insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five business
days;
               (xi) Indebtedness outstanding on the Original Closing Date and
listed on Schedule 7.2 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions
thereof (without increasing, or shortening the maturity of, the principal amount
thereof);
               (xii) the incurrence by any Group Member of Non-Recourse
Financing used to finance the construction, purchase or lease of personal or
real property used in the business of such Group Member; provided, that the
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xii) (including any refinancings
thereof pursuant to clause (v) above) shall not exceed $15,000,000 outstanding
at any time;
               (xiii) Indebtedness arising from any agreement entered into by a
Group Member providing for indemnification, purchase price adjustment or similar
obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with an Asset Sale;
               (xiv) the incurrence by a Group Member of Permitted Affiliate
Subordinated Indebtedness;
               (xv) the incurrence by ACEP or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to
refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause
(xv), not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding.

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No Group Member will incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is
contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the
Group Members unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in
right of payment to the Obligations on substantially identical terms; provided,
however, that no Indebtedness of a Group Member shall be deemed to be
contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of such
Group Member for purposes of this paragraph solely by virtue of being unsecured
or secured to a lesser extent or on a junior Lien basis. For purposes of
determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that an item of
Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of clause
(a) or (b) above, in each case, as of the date of incurrence thereof, the
Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify (or later reclassify in whole
or in part, in its sole discretion) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that
complies with this covenant and such Indebtedness will be treated as having been
incurred pursuant to such clauses, designated by the Borrower. The accrual of
interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment
of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the
same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a
change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified
Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock
will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of
Disqualified Stock for purposes of this covenant; provided, that in each such
case, that the amount thereof shall be included in Fixed Charges of ACEP as
accrued (to the extent applicable under the definition of Fixed Charges).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this covenant, the maximum amount of
Indebtedness that any Group Member may incur pursuant to this covenant shall not
be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or
currency values. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will
be: (1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness
issued with original issue discount; (2) the principal amount of the
Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and (3) in respect of
Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified
Person, the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of
determination; and (b) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.
          7.3. Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any
of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for:
          (a) Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect
thereto are maintained on the books of the Group Members, as the case may be, in
conformity with GAAP and such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to
result in the imminent sale, forfeiture or loss of any material portion of the
Collateral or any interest therein;
          (b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s
or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not
overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect
thereto are maintained on the books of the Group Members, as the case may be, in
conformity with GAAP;
          (c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, provided that such
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          (d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other
than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal
bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
          (e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate,
are not substantial in amount and that do not in any case materially detract
from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of any Group Member;
          (f) leases or a leasehold mortgage in favor of a party financing the
lease of space, including, without limitation, construction or improvements
thereto within a Key Property; provided that (i) such lease or the lease
affected by such leasehold mortgage is permitted pursuant to Section 7.16,
(ii) no Group Member is liable for the payment of any principal of, or interest
or premium on, or any other amount in respect of, such financing and (iii) the
affected lease and leasehold mortgage are expressly made subject and subordinate
to the Lien of the applicable Mortgage, subject to Section 7.16(c);
          (g) Liens in existence on the Original Closing Date listed on
Schedule 7.3, securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(b)(xi), provided
that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the
Restatement Date and that the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not
increased;
          (h) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted pursuant to
Section 7.2(b)(iv) and (xii) and extending only to the personal or real property
so purchased or leased; provided, however, that, such Lien does not extend over
the real property secured under the Original Closing Date Mortgages or any
amended Mortgage executed on the Restatement Date (or any Mortgages executed
after the Restatement Date with respect to any real property acquired with the
proceeds of any disposition of any property or assets constituting Collateral);
          (i) Liens securing the Obligations hereunder created pursuant to the
Collateral Documents;
          (j) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
Section 7.2(b)(ii) and (iii), provided that (A) such Liens are subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement and in accordance with the Second Lien Trust Indenture
and (B) no amounts may be deposited by any Group Member with the Trustee;
          (k) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by
a Group Member in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the
assets so leased;
          (l) licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property
rights granted by any Group Member in the ordinary course of business and not
interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of
such Group Member;
          (m) any judgment attachment or judgment Lien not constituting an Event
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          (n) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a
matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the
importation of goods;
          (o) Liens arising from filing financing statements or other
instruments or documents relating solely to leases;
          (p) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any
governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real
property;
          (q) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Group
Members with respect to obligations that do not exceed $5,000,000 in the
aggregate at any one time outstanding;
          (r) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person
became a Group Member, is merged into or consolidated with or into, or wound up
into, one of a Group Member; provided, that such Liens were in existence prior
to the consummation of, and were not entered into in contemplation of, such
merger or consolidation or winding up and do not extend to any other assets
other than those of the Person acquired by, merged into or consolidated with a
Group Member;
          (s) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by a
Group Member; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
consummation of, and were not entered into in contemplation of, such
acquisition; and
          (t) Liens in favor of a Group Member; provided that if such Liens are
on any Collateral, that such Liens are either collaterally assigned to the
Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf) or subordinate to
the Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent securing the Obligations.
          7.4. Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or
amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any
liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of, all or substantially all of its
property or business, or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, issue or
sell any shares of such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person, except that:
          (a) any Group Member may be merged or consolidated with or into
another Group Member that is the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or,
subject to Section 7.7, with or into any Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided that
if a Group Member (other than the Borrower) merges with or is consolidated with
or into the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving entity; and
          (b) any Group Member may Dispose of any or all of its assets (upon
voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Group Member that is the Borrower
or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or, subject to Section 7.7, any Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
          7.5. Disposition of Property. Except with respect to any Disposition,
the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with Section 3.2(a), dispose of
any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (including any
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of Capital Stock of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries and any designation
of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary), except:
          (a) the Disposition of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary
course of business;
          (b) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
          (c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.4(b);
          (d) the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to a Group
Member that is the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; and
          (e) the Disposition of other property having a fair market value not
to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year of ACEP.
          7.6. Restricted Payments. No Group Member shall, directly or
indirectly:
          (a) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or
distribution on account of ACEP’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity
Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any
merger or consolidation involving any Group Member) to the direct or indirect
holders of any Group Member’s Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other
than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of ACEP or to a Group Member);
          (b) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value
(including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation
involving ACEP) any Equity Interests of ACEP or any direct or indirect parent of
ACEP;
          (c) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem,
defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of any Group
Member that is contractually subordinated to the Obligations (excluding any
intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Group Members and Permitted
Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness), except a payment of interest, other
expenses or principal at the stated maturity on such subordinated Indebtedness;
          (d) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise retire for value or pay any
interest, principal or other amount on any Permitted Affiliate Subordinated
Indebtedness (other than payment of interest in the form of additional Permitted
Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness or Equity Interests in ACEP (other than
Disqualified Stock) or accrual of interest on Permitted Affiliate Subordinated
Indebtedness); or
          (e) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other
actions set forth in these clauses (a) through (e) above being collectively
referred to as “Restricted Payments”),
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               (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;
               (ii) ACEP would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after
giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at
the beginning of the most recently ended four-quarter period for which financial
statements are available, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set
forth in the Section 7.2(a) and
               (iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount
of all other Restricted Payments made by any Group Member after the Original
Closing Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (II), (III),
(IV), (VI), (VII), (VIII) and (IX) of the next succeeding paragraph) is less
than the sum, without duplication, of:
          (A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of ACEP for the period (taken
as one accounting period) from the Availability Date (as defined in the Existing
Credit Agreement) to the end of ACEP’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for
which financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment
(or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of
such deficit); provided, however, that to the extent any payments pursuant to
the Tax Allocation Agreement were excluded from the calculation of Consolidated
Net Income during the applicable period, for the purposes of this clause (a),
such payments pursuant to the Tax Allocation Agreement will be deducted from
Consolidated Net Income, plus
          (B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by ACEP since the
Availability Date (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) as a
contribution to its common equity capital or received as cash proceeds of
Permitted Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness of ACEP or from the issue or sale
of Equity Interests of ACEP (excluding Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or
sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or
exchangeable debt securities of ACEP that have been converted into or exchanged
for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests or Disqualified Stock or
debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of ACEP, plus
          (C) 100% of the lesser of (1) the sum of (I) the aggregate amount
received in cash and (II) the Fair Market Value of property received by means of
(X) the sale or other disposition (other than to a Group Member) of Restricted
Investments made by a Group Member and repurchases and redemptions of such
Restricted Investments from a Group Member and repayments of loans or advances
which constitute Restricted Investments by a Group Member or (Y) the sale (other
than to a Group Member) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a
distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in each case to the
extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by a Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to clause (IX) below or to the extent such Investment
constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend from an Unrestricted
Subsidiary and (2) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made to make the
Restricted Investment so sold or disposed of or in the Capital Stock of the
Unrestricted Subsidiary so sold or disposed of (provided, however, that if the
cash received in any transaction described in clause (X) or (Y) of this clause
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property received in any such transaction is greater than the amount otherwise
calculated under this clause (c), then such greater cash amount may be added to
this clause (C) in lieu of such lesser amount), plus
          (D) in case, after the date hereof, any Unrestricted Subsidiary has
been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or
amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys assets to, or is liquidated
into a Group Member, and no Default or Event of Default is then occurring or
results therefrom, an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the Fair Market Value of
the Investments owned by ACEP and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such
Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation, combination, transfer
or liquidation (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) and
(2) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made in such Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not prohibit:
          (I) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable
redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or
giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of
declaration or notice, the dividend or redemption payment would have otherwise
complied with this Agreement;
          (II) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of
the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a
Subsidiary of ACEP) of, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) or
Permitted Affiliate Subordinated Indebtedness of ACEP or from the substantially
concurrent contribution of common equity capital to ACEP; provided, however,
that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such
redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition will be
excluded from clause (iii)(B) above;
          (III) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or
retirement for value of Indebtedness of any Group Member that is contractually
subordinated to the Obligations with the net cash proceeds from a substantially
concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect
thereto;
          (IV) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership
or limited liability company, any similar distribution) by a Restricted
Subsidiary of ACEP to the direct holders of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity
Interests on a pro rata basis;
          (V) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for
value of any Equity Interests of ACEP, any parent of ACEP or any Restricted
Subsidiary of ACEP held by any member of ACEP’s (or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries’) management pursuant to any management equity subscription
agreement, stock option agreement or similar agreement; provided that the
aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired
Equity Interests shall not exceed $2,000,000;
          (VI) the redemption or repurchase of any Equity Interests or
Indebtedness of ACEP or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent required by any
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determined in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of ACEP as
evidenced by a resolution of the board of directors that has been delivered to
the Administrative Agent, required to prevent the loss or to secure the grant or
establishment of any gaming license or other right to conduct lawful gaming
operations in the United States;
          (VII) Permitted Payments to Parent;
          (VIII) Restricted Payments consisting of payment of the balance of the
intercompany debt owed by Stratosphere Corporation to American Real Estate
Holdings Limited Partnership;
          (IX) [Intentionally Omitted]
          (X) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount since the
Original Closing Date not to exceed $2,500,000.
For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a
proposed Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more than one of the
categories of Restricted Payments described in clauses (I) through (X) above, or
is permitted to be made pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, ACEP
shall, in its sole discretion, classify such Restricted Payment in any manner
that complies with this covenant. The amount of all Restricted Payments (other
than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment
of the assets, property or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by
ACEP or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the
Restricted Payment.
          7.7. Investments. Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way
of guaranty or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital
Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or any assets
constituting a business unit of, or make any other investment in, any Person
(all of the foregoing, “Investments”), except:
          (a) any Investments in ACEP, or any guarantor of the Senior Second
Lien Notes and of the Borrower Obligations or in any Restricted Subsidiary that
is not such a guarantor if the Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary that is
not such a guarantor from ACEP or any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries
aggregate less than $1,000,000;
          (b) any Investments in Cash Equivalents;
          (c) Investments by ACEP or any Restricted Subsidiary of ACEP in a
Person, if as a result of such Investment (i) such Person becomes a Group Member
or (b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or
transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into,
a Group Member;
          (d) any Investment in assets useful in the business of the Group
Members made by any Group Member with the proceeds with any Reinvestment
Deferred Amount (including any Investment made as a result of the receipt of
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          (e) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for
the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of ACEP;
          (f) receivables owing to ACEP or any Restricted Subsidiary if created
or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in
accordance with customary trade terms; provided, however, that such trade terms
may include such concessionary trade terms as ACEP or any such Restricted
Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;
          (g) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are
expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for
accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;
          (h) loans or advances to employees, former employees or directors of
ACEP or the Restricted Subsidiaries (i) to fund the exercise price of options
granted under the employment agreements or ACEP’s stock option plans or
agreements, in each case, as approved by ACEP’s board of directors or (ii) for
any other purpose not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding under this clause (ii);
          (i) Investments received (i) in settlement of debts created in the
ordinary course of business and owing to ACEP and any Restricted Subsidiary
(including gaming debts in the ordinary course of business owed by a patron or
pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the
bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer), (ii) in
satisfaction of judgments or (iii) settlement of litigation, arbitrations or
other disputes;
          (j) Investments in any person engaged in the casino gaming, hotel,
retail, conference center and entertainment mall and resort business and any
activity or business incidental, directly related or similar thereto (including
owning interests in Subsidiaries, operating a conference center and meeting
facilities and owning and operating or licensing the operation of a retail and
entertainment facilities), or any business or activity that is a reasonable
extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto, which
Investment is made by the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) of ACEP;
          (k) any Investments having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on
the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent
changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant
to this clause (k) since the Restatement Date not to exceed the sum of
$20,000,000, plus the amount of cash repaid on any loan made pursuant to this
clause (k) not to exceed the respective original principal amounts of such
loans;
          (l) any grant to any Restricted Subsidiary of ACEP of gaming or other
rights derivative of any Material Gaming License;
          (m) Investments represented by obligations under any Hedge Agreement;
          (n) any Investments or loans made to third parties in connection with
such third parties’ build out and development of property located at any of the
Key Properties not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding;

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          (o) repurchases of the Senior Second Lien Notes not otherwise
prohibited hereunder; and
          (p) Investments existing on the Restatement Date and described on
Schedule 7.7.
The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus
the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or
decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such
Investment. If any Group Member Disposes of any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary
thereof or enters into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, such that,
after giving effect to any such Disposition, merger, consolidation or
amalgamation, such Person is no longer a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Group
Member, such Group Member which owns such Person shall be deemed to have made an
Investment on the date of such Disposition, merger, consolidation or
amalgamation equal to the fair market value of the Capital Stock of such Person
owned by such Group Member after giving effect to such Disposition, merger,
consolidation or amalgamation. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding
Investments owned by the applicable Group Member in the Subsidiary so designated
will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the date of such designation.
          7.8. Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments.
(a) Make or offer to make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment,
repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or
segregate funds with respect to the Senior Second Lien Notes (other than any
such repurchase or redemption pursuant to a mandatory disposition pursuant to
and in accordance with Gaming Laws or as a result of an Asset Sale Offer or
Excess Loss Proceeds Offer in accordance with the Senior Second Lien Indenture),
(b) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any
amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the
Senior Second Lien Note Indenture or the Senior Second Lien Notes (other than
any such amendment, modification, waiver or other change that (i) would extend
the maturity or reduce the amount of any payment of principal thereof or reduce
the rate or extend any date for payment of interest thereon and (ii) does not
involve the payment of a consent fee); or (c) designate (or permit any other
Person to designate) any Indebtedness (other than obligations of a Group Member
pursuant to the Loan Documents) as “First Lien Obligations” or “Additional
Permitted Senior Debt Obligations” (or any other defined term having a similar
purpose) for the purposes of the Intercreditor Agreement or the Senior Second
Lien Note Indenture.
          7.9. Transactions with Affiliates.
          (a) Enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or
exchange of property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any
management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than any Group
Member) unless such transaction is (i) otherwise permitted under this Agreement,
(ii) in the ordinary course of business of the relevant Group Member, and (iii)
upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the relevant Group Member,
than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that
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          (b) The following items will not be subject to the provisions of this
Section 7.9:
               (i) any employment agreement, employee benefit plan, officer or
director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by
ACEP or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business
and payments pursuant thereto;
               (ii) payment of reasonable directors’ fees to Persons who are not
otherwise Affiliates of ACEP;
               (iii) certain services provided or to be provided by ACEP to AREP
Laughlin in connection with the Acquisition; provided that such services comply
with clause (iii) of Section 7.9(a);
               (iv) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of
business not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
and
               (v) the provision of accounting, financial, management,
information technology and other ancillary services to Affiliates, provided that
the applicable Group Members are paid a fee equal to their out of pocket costs
and allocated overhead (including a portion of salaries and benefits) as
determined by ACEP in its reasonable judgment; provided, further that services
under this clause shall not include providing complimentaries or other benefits
to customers of Affiliates.
          7.10. Sales and Leasebacks. Enter into any arrangement with any Person
providing for the leasing by any Group Member of real or personal property that
has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Group Member to such Person or
to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person
on the security of such property or rental obligations of such Group Member.
          7.11. Hedge Agreements. Enter into any Hedge Agreement, except:
          (a) Hedge Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which
a Group Member has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Capital
Stock); and
          (b) Hedge Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar
or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate
to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing
liability or investment of the any Group Member.
          7.12. Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become
effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Group Member
to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or
revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its Obligations
under the Loan Documents to which it is a party other than (a) this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, (b) solely as to restrictions on Liens securing
liabilities other than the Obligations and the Senior Second Lien Note Indenture
and (c) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease
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permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be
effective against the assets financed thereby).
          7.13. Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into or
suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on
the ability of any Group Member to:
          (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such
Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, any Group Member;
          (b) make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, any Group
Member; or
          (c) sell, lease or transfer any of its assets to any Group Member,
except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
               (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents;
               (ii) any restrictions existing under the Senior Second Lien Note
Indenture;
               (iii) agreements in effect on the Availability Date (as defined
in the Existing Credit Agreement) and identified on Schedule 7.13 and any
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided, however,
that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more
restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other
restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the Availability Date
(as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement);
               (iv) applicable law, rule or order of an applicable governmental
body;
               (v) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a
Person acquired by any Group Member as in effect at the time of such acquisition
(except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in
connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or
restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any
Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so
acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was
permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be incurred;
               (vi) customary non-assignment provisions in leases entered into
in the ordinary course of business;
               (vii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on that property of the
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               (viii) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Group
Member that restricts distributions by that Group Member pending its sale or
other disposition;
               (ix) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, however, that
the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole,
than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being
refinanced;
               (x) Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be
incurred under the provisions of Section 7.3; and
               (xi) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution
of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, stock
sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course
of business.
          7.14. Lines of Business. Enter into any business, either directly or
through any Subsidiary, except for a Principal Business.
          7.15. Intentionally Omitted.
          7.16. Restrictions on Leasing and Dedication of Key Property.
          (a) ACEP will not, and will not permit any Group Member to lease,
sublease, or grant a license, concession or other agreement to occupy, manage or
use, as lessor or sublessor, any real or personal Project Assets owned or leased
by any Group Member for annual lease base rent, excluding common area
maintenance and percentage rent, exceeding $2,000,000 with respect to any
individual transaction (each, a “Lease Transaction”), other than the following
Lease Transactions:
               (i) any Group Member may enter into a Lease Transaction with
respect to any Project Assets, within or outside the Key Properties, or with any
Person, provided that, in the reasonable opinion of ACEP, (a) such Lease
Transaction will not materially interfere with, impair or detract from the
operations of any of the Project Assets, and will in the reasonable judgment of
ACEP enhance the value and operations of the Key Properties and (b) such Lease
Transaction is at a fair market rent (in light of other similar or comparable
prevailing commercial transactions or in the reasonable judgment of ACEP,
otherwise enhances the value and operations of any of the Key Properties) and
contains such other terms such that the Lease Transaction, taken as a whole, is
commercially reasonable and fair to such Group Member;
               (ii) the transactions and agreements described under Section 7.9
to the extent such transactions or agreements constitute Lease Transactions;
               (iii) any Group Member may enter into a management or operating
agreement with respect to any Project Asset, including any hotel with any Person
(other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Sponsor (other
than a Group Member)); provided that (i) the manager or operator has experience
in managing or operating similar operations or assets and (ii) such management
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on commercially reasonable and fair terms to such Group Member (in either case,
in the reasonable judgment of ACEP); and
               (iv) any Group Member may enter into a Lease Transaction with any
of any other Group Member.
          (b) Notwithstanding Section 7.16(a), (i) no gaming or casino
operations may be conducted on any Project Asset that is the subject of such
Lease Transaction other than by a Group Member; and (ii) no Lease Transaction
may provide that any Group Member may subordinate its fee or leasehold interest
to any lessee or any party providing financing to any lessee.
          (c) The Administrative Agent shall at the request of any Group Member
enter into a commercially customary leasehold non-disturbance and attornment
agreement with the lessee under any Lease Transaction permitted under this
Section 7.16. Such agreement, among other things, shall provide that if the
interests of the applicable Group Member in the Project Assets subject to the
Lease Transaction are acquired by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the
Lenders (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf), whether by purchase and sale,
foreclosure, or deed in lieu of foreclosure or in any other way, or by a
successor to the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent on its behalf),
including without limitation a purchaser at a foreclosure sale, then in each
case subject to any applicable law or Gaming License, (i) the interests of the
lessee in the Project Assets subject to the Lease Transaction shall continue in
full force and effect and shall not be terminated or disturbed, except in
accordance with the lease documentation applicable to the Lease Transaction, and
(ii) the lessee in the Lease Transaction shall attorn to and be bound to the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders (or the Collateral Agent on its
behalf), its successors and assigns under all terms, covenants and conditions of
the lease documentation applicable to the Lease Transaction. Such agreement
shall also contain such other provisions that are commercially customary and
that will not materially and adversely affect the Lien granted by the Collateral
Documents (other than pursuant to the terms of the applicable non-disturbance
agreement) as certified to the Administrative Agent by a Responsible Officer of
ACEP.
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
          If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
          (a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation,
or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within
five days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with
the terms hereof; or
          (b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Group
Member herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any
certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished by it at any
time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document
shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date
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          (c) (i) any Group Member shall default in the observance or
performance of any agreement contained in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.4(a),
Section 6.5(b), Section 6.7(a), Section 6.6(b) and (c) or Section 7 of this
Agreement or Section 4 of the Pledge and Security or (ii) an “Event of Default”
under and as defined in any Mortgage shall have occurred and be continuing; or
          (d) any Group Member shall default in the observance or performance of
any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such
default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice to ACEP
from the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders (or in the case of any
default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in
Section 6.9, 10 days); or
          (e) any Group Member:
               (i) defaults in making any payment of any principal of any
Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Loans) on
the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto; or
               (ii) defaults in making any payment of any interest on any such
Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or
agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or
               (iii) defaults in the observance or performance of any other
agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any
instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other
event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event
or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such
Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to
cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due
prior to its stated maturity or to become subject to a mandatory offer to
purchase by the obligor thereunder or (in the case of any such Indebtedness
constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to become payable;
provided that a default, event or condition described in clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default
unless the items described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph
(e) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness the
outstanding principal amount equal to or in excess of $5,000,000, in the
aggregate; or
          (f) (i) any Group Member shall commence any case, proceeding or other
action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or
foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of
debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or
seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or
other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or
for all or any substantial part of its assets, or any Group Member shall make a
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(ii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or
other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the
entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or
(B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or
(iii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or
other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint
or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets that
results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been
vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the
entry thereof; or (iv)any Group Member shall take any action in furtherance of,
or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts
set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any Group Member shall
generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability
to, pay its debts as they become due; or
          (g) (i) any Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as
defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan
except for any prohibited transaction resulting from the making of a Loan where
the representation made by the Agents or any Lender in Section 3.16 shall prove
to have been inaccurate, (ii) any “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined
in Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any
Single Employer Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Single Employer Plan
shall arise on the assets of any Group Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity,
(iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall
commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to
administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or
commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is reasonably likely to
result in the termination of such Single Employer Plan for purposes of Title IV
of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV
of ERISA, (v) any Group Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall incur any
liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or
Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan or (vi) any other event or condition
shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses
(i) through (vi) above, such event or condition, together with all other such
events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; or
          (h) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any
Group Member involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered
by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged
coverage) of $5,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not
have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days
from the entry thereof; or
          (i) any of the Collateral Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be
in full force and effect, or any Group Member or any Affiliate of any Group
Member shall so assert, or any Lien created by any of the Collateral Documents
shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to
be created thereby; or
          (j) the guarantee under Article 10 hereof shall cease, for any reason,
to be in full force and effect or any Group Member or any Affiliate of any Group
Member shall so assert; or
          (k) (i) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or
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transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of ACEP
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Sponsor or a Related Party;
(ii) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the
Borrower; (iii) the consummation of any transaction (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any
“person” (as defined above), other than the Sponsor or the Related Parties,
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under
the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power
of ACEP; or (iv) after an initial public offering of ACEP or any direct or
indirect parent of ACEP (in either case, the “public company”), the first day on
which a majority of the members of the board of directors of the public company
are not Continuing Directors. For purposes of this clause (k), any holding
company whose only significant asset is the Capital Stock of ACEP shall be
disregarded and the beneficial ownership of such holding company shall be
attributed to ACEP and any Person which has entered into an agreement to acquire
any Capital Stock of ACEP shall not be deemed to have any beneficial ownership
of such Capital Stock until the closing of such acquisition; or
          (l) the Liens securing the Senior Second Lien Notes or the guarantees
thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be validly subordinated to the Liens
securing the Obligations or the obligations of the Restricted Subsidiaries under
its guarantee hereunder, as the case may be, as provided in the Intercreditor
Agreement, or any Group Member, any Affiliate of any Group Member, the Trustee
or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Senior
Second Lien Notes shall so assert; or
          (m) revocation, termination, suspension or other cessation of
effectiveness of any Gaming License, which results in the cessation or
suspension of gaming operations for a period of more than 30 consecutive days at
any of the Key Properties (other than as a result of an Asset Sale);
then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified
in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower,
automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans
hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C
Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of
Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) shall immediately
become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default,
either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of
the Majority Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the
Majority Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to ACEP declare the
Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments shall
immediately terminate or exercise such other remedies under any of the Loan
Document; and (ii) with the consent of the Majority Lenders, the Administrative
Agent may, or upon the request of the Majority Lenders, the Administrative Agent
shall, by notice to ACEP, declare the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest
thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the
beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the
documents required thereunder) to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the
same shall immediately become due and payable. With respect to all Letters of
Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at
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Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the
Administrative Agent an amount equal to 105% of the aggregate then undrawn and
unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such cash collateral
account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts
drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all
such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any,
shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or
been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied
and all other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such cash
collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower (or such other Person as
may be lawfully entitled thereto). Except as expressly provided above in this
Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.
SECTION 9. THE AGENTS
          9.1. Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and
appoints each Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes such Agent, in
such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform
such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities,
except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any
Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties,
obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. In addition, each Lender hereby
approves the appointment by the Administrative Agent of the Collateral Agent
pursuant to the terms set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement and authorizes
the Administrative Agent to as the “First Lien Agent” under (and as defined in)
the Intercreditor Agreement.
          9.2. Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may execute any of its duties
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or
attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties. No Agent shall be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in-fact selected by it with
reasonable care.
          9.3. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of their
respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be
taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any
other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by
a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct)
or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals,
statements, representations or warranties made by any Group Member or any
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Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to
or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness,
genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or for any failure of any Group Member a party thereto to perform its
obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any
obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or
performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or
records of any Group Member.
          9.4. Reliance by Agents. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and
shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution,
notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype
message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be
genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person
or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to
the Group Members), independent accountants and other experts selected by such
Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the
owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment,
negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative
Agent. Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any
action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first
receive such advice or concurrence of the Majority Lenders (or, if so specified
by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be
indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and
expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any
such action. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in
refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in
accordance with a request of the Majority Lenders (or, if so specified by this
Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of
the Loans.
          9.5. Notice of Default. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or
notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless
such Agent has received notice from a Lender or ACEP referring to this
Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such
notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Administrative Agent
receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice
thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with
respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by
the Majority Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders);
provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such
directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take
such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or
Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the
Lenders.
          9.6. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly
acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any
representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter
taken, including any review of the affairs of a Group Member or any affiliate of
a Group Member, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by
any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has,
independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based
on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property,
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Members and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans
hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it
will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and
based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the
time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in
taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the
business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Group Members and their affiliates. Except for notices,
reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by
the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any
duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other
information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial
or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Group Member or any
affiliate of a Group Member that may come into the possession of the
Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
          9.7. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its
capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by a Group Member and without
limiting the obligation of the Group Members to do so), ratably according to
their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which
indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought
after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans
shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure
Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time
(whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the
Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents
contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent
under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall
be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of
the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
          9.8. Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates
may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of
business with any Group Member as though such Agent were not an Agent. With
respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of
Credit issued or participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same rights
and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and
may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and
“Lenders” shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.
          9.9. Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may
resign as Administrative Agent upon 10 days’ notice to the Lenders and ACEP. If
the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Majority Lenders shall appoint
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Agent does not accept such appointment, such other Lender as a successor agent
for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless the Syndication Agent is
appointed or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) be
subject to approval by ACEP (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld
or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers
and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent”
shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval,
and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as
Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or
deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to
this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted
appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a
retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective
and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative
Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Majority Lenders appoint a
successor agent as provided for above. The Syndication Agent may, at any time,
by notice to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, resign as Syndication
Agent hereunder, whereupon the duties, rights, obligations and responsibilities
of the Syndication Agent hereunder shall automatically be assumed by, and inure
to the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, without any further act by the
Syndication Agent, the Administrative Agent or any Lender. After any retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of
this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
          9.10. Agents Generally. Except as expressly set forth herein, no Agent
shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.
          9.11. The Lead Arranger. The Lead Arranger, in its capacity as such,
shall have no duties or responsibilities, and shall incur no liability, under
this Agreement and other Loan Documents.
SECTION 10. GUARANTEE
          10.1. Guarantee. (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and their respective successors,
indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and
performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.
          (b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed
by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the
insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution
established in Section 10.2).
          (c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any
time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor
hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 10 or
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          (d) The guarantee contained in this Section 10 shall remain in full
force and effect until all the Borrower Obligations and the obligations of each
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 10 shall have been
satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the
Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during
the term of this Agreement the Borrower may be free from any Borrower
Obligations.
          (e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other
guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by any Agent or any
Lender from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any
other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or
appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or
in payment of the Borrower Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce,
release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which
shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such
Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any payment received or
collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations), remain
liable for the Borrower Obligations up to the maximum liability of such
Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Obligations are paid in full, no Letter
of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated.
          10.2. Rights of Reimbursement, Contribution and Subrogation. In case
any payment is made on account of the Obligations by any Guarantor or is
received or collected on account of the Obligations from any Guarantor or its
property:
          (a) If such payment is made by the Borrower or from its property,
then, if and to the extent such payment is made on account of Obligations
arising from or relating to a Loan made to the Borrower or a Letter of Credit
issued for account of the Borrower, the Borrower shall not be entitled (A) to
demand or enforce reimbursement or contribution in respect of such payment from
any other Guarantor or (B) to be subrogated to any claim, interest, right or
remedy of any Lender against any other Person, including any other Guarantor or
its property.
          (b) If such payment is made by a Guarantor or from its property, such
Guarantor shall be entitled, subject to and upon payment in full of the
Obligations, (A) to demand and enforce reimbursement for the full amount of such
payment from the Borrower and (B) to demand and enforce contribution in respect
of such payment from each other Guarantor which has not paid its fair share of
such payment, as necessary to ensure that (after giving effect to any
enforcement of reimbursement rights provided hereby) each Guarantor pays its
fair share of the unreimbursed portion of such payment. For this purpose, the
fair share of each Guarantor as to any unreimbursed payment shall be determined
based on an equitable apportionment of such unreimbursed payment among all
Guarantors based on the relative value of their assets and any other equitable
considerations deemed appropriate by the court.
          (c) If and whenever (after payment in full of the Obligations) any
right of reimbursement or contribution becomes enforceable by any Guarantor
against any other Guarantor under Sections 10.2(a) and 10.2(b), such Guarantor
shall be entitled, subject to and upon payment in full of the Obligations, to be
subrogated (equally and ratably with all other Guarantors entitled to
reimbursement or contribution from any other Guarantor as set forth in this
Section 10.2) to any security interest that may then be held by the
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upon any Collateral granted to it under any Loan Document. Such right of
subrogation shall be enforceable solely against the Guarantors, and not against
the Lenders or the Agent, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any other
Lender or Agent shall have any duty whatsoever to warrant, ensure or protect any
such right of subrogation or to obtain, perfect, maintain, hold, enforce or
retain any Collateral for any purpose related to any such right of subrogation.
If subrogation is demanded by any Guarantor, then (after payment in full of the
Obligations) the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Guarantors making
such demand, or to a representative of such Guarantors or of the Guarantors
generally, an instrument satisfactory to the Administrative Agent transferring,
on a quitclaim basis without any recourse, representation, warranty or
obligation whatsoever, whatever security interest the Administrative Agent then
may hold in whatever Collateral may then exist that was not previously released
or disposed of by the Administrative Agent.
          (d) All rights and claims arising under this Section 10.2 or based
upon or relating to any other right of reimbursement, indemnification,
contribution or subrogation that may at any time arise or exist in favor of any
Guarantor as to any payment on account of the Obligations made by it or received
or collected from its property shall be fully subordinated in all respects to
the prior payment in full of all of the Obligations. Until payment in full of
the Obligations, no Guarantor shall demand or receive any collateral security,
payment or distribution whatsoever (whether in cash, property or securities or
otherwise) on account of any such right or claim. If any such payment or
distribution is made or becomes available to any Guarantor in any bankruptcy
case or receivership, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, such payment or
distribution shall be delivered by the person making such payment or
distribution directly to the Administrative Agent, for application to the
payment of the Obligations. If any such payment or distribution is received by
any Guarantor, it shall be held by such Guarantor in trust, as trustee of an
express trust for the benefit of the Lenders and the Agent, and shall forthwith
be transferred and delivered by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, in
the exact form received and, if necessary, duly endorsed.
          (e) The obligations of the Guarantors under the Loan Documents,
including their liability for the Obligations and the enforceability of the
security interests granted thereby, are not contingent upon the validity,
legality, enforceability, collectibility or sufficiency of any right of
reimbursement, contribution or subrogation arising under this Section 10.2. The
invalidity, insufficiency, unenforceability or uncollectibility of any such
right shall not in any respect diminish, affect or impair any such obligation or
any other claim, interest, right or remedy at any time held by any Lender or
Agent against any Guarantor or its property. No Lender or Agent makes any
representations or warranties in respect of any such right and shall have no
duty to assure, protect, enforce or ensure any such right or otherwise relating
to any such right.
Each Guarantor reserves any and all other rights of reimbursement, contribution
or subrogation at any time available to it as against any other Guarantor, but
(i) the exercise and enforcement of such rights shall be subject to
Section 10.2(d) and (ii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Lender
or Agent shall ever have any duty or liability whatsoever in respect of any such
right, except as provided in Section 10.2(c).

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          10.3. Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each
Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further
assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower
Obligations made by any Lender or Agent may be rescinded by such Lender or Agent
and any of the Borrower Obligations continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or
the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any
collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect
thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended,
amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by
any Lender or Agent, and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any
other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended,
modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative
Agent (or the requisite Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem
advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of
offset at any time held by any Lender or Agent for the payment of the Borrower
Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. No Lender
or Agent shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any
Lien at any time held by it as security for the Borrower Obligations or for the
guarantee contained in this Section 10 or any property subject thereto.
          10.4. Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any
and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the
Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Agent or any
Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 10 or acceptance of the
guarantee contained in this Section 10; the Borrower Obligations, and any of
them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred,
or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 10; and all dealings between any Group Member, on the
one hand, and the Lenders and Agents, on the other hand, likewise shall be
conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the
guarantee contained in this Section 10. Each Guarantor waives diligence,
presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to
or upon the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Borrower
Obligations, notice of a Default or an Event of Default, notice of the amount of
the Borrower Obligations (subject, however, to such Guarantor’s right to make
inquiry of Administrative Agent to ascertain the amount of the Borrower
Obligations at any reasonable time), notice of any adverse change in the
financial condition of the Borrower or of any other fact that might increase
such Guarantor’s risk hereunder, any other notice or demand that any Guarantor
may otherwise be entitled to receive, and the benefit of any statute of
limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement
thereof (and any act that shall defer or delay the operation of any statute of
limitations applicable to the Borrower Obligations shall similarly operate to
defer or delay the operation of such statute of limitations applicable to such
Guarantor’s liability hereunder (to the extent that the benefit of such statute
of limitations may not be waived under applicable law)). Each Guarantor
understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 10 shall be
construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment
without regard to (1) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, any of the Borrower Obligations or any other collateral
security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any
time or from time to time held by any Secured Party, (2) any defense, set-off or
counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any
time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against
any Lender or Agent, or (3) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without
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knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be
construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the
Borrower Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this
Section 10, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand
hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any
Guarantor, any Lender or Agent may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a
similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have
against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any
collateral security or guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any right of
offset with respect thereto, and any failure by any Lender or Agent to make any
such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments
from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon
any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of
offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person
or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve
any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or
affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a
matter of law, of any Lender or Agent against any Guarantor. For the purposes
hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal
proceedings.
          10.5. Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 10 shall
continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or
must otherwise be restored or returned by any Secured Party upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any
Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor
or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any
Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though
such payments had not been made.
          10.6. Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments
hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or
counterclaim in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Funding Office
specified in this Agreement.
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS
          11.1. Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement, any other Loan
Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or
modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.1. The
Majority Lenders and each Group Member party to the relevant Loan Document may,
or, with the written consent of the Majority Lenders, the Administrative Agent
and each Group Member party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to
time:
          (a) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto
and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of
the Lenders or of the Group Members hereunder or thereunder or
          (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Majority Lenders or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of
the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or
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and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such
amendment, supplement or modification shall:
               (i) forgive the principal amount or extend the final scheduled
date of maturity of any Loan, reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee
payable hereunder (except (x) in connection with the waiver of applicability of
any post-default increase in interest rates, which waiver shall be effective
with the consent of the Majority Lenders) and (y) that any amendment or
modification of defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement
shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of
this clause (i)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, or
increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment, in
each case without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
               (ii) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under
this Section 11.1 without the written consent of such Lender;
               (iii) modify the definition of Majority Lenders, consent to the
assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, release all or substantially
all of the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the Restricted
Subsidiaries from their obligations hereunder, in each case without the written
consent of all Lenders;
               (iv) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 without
the written consent of each Agent adversely affected thereby; or
               (v) amend, modify or waive any provision of Sections 2.5 to 2.12
without the written consent of the Issuing Lender.
Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply
equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Group Members, the
Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any
waiver, the Group Members, the Lenders and the Agents shall be restored to their
former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any
Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not
continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
          11.2. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by
telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to
have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when
received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower and the Agents, and
as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative
Agent in the case of the Lenders, or to such other address as may be hereafter
notified by the respective parties hereto:

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The Borrower:
  American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC
 
  2000 Las Vegas Boulevard South
 
  Las Vegas, NV 89104
 
  Phone: (702) 380-7777
 
  Fax: (702) 383-4738
 
  Attention: Chief Financial Officer
 
   
with a copy to:
  DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
 
  1251 Avenue of the Americas
 
  New York, New York 10020-1104
 
  Phone: (212) 835-6040
 
  Fax: (212) 884-8530
 
  Attention: James Seery
 
   
The Administrative Agent
   
and the Syndication Agent:
  Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
 
  83 Madison Avenue
 
  8th Floor
 
  New York, NY 10179
 
  Phone: (212) 272-0920
 
  Fax : (212) 272-4844
 
  Attention: Evan Kaufman
 
  email: ekaufman@bear.com
 
   
with a copy to:
  Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
 
  383 Madison Avenue
 
  8th Floor
 
  New York, NY 10179
 
  Phone: (212) 272-9430
 
  Fax: (212) 272-9184
 
  Attention: Steve O’Keefe
 
  email: sokeefe@bear.com

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon any Agent, the Issuing
Lender or the Lenders shall not be effective until received.
          Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures
approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not
apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or ACEP
may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it;
provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices
or communications.
          11.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no
delay in exercising, on the part of any Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as
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single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges
herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers
and privileges provided by law.
          11.4. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations
and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document,
certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the
Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.
          11.5. Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees:
          (a) to pay or reimburse each Agent for all its out-of-pocket costs and
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the development, preparation and
execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection
herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel to such Agent and filing and recording fees and
expenses, with statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted to ACEP
prior to the Restatement Date, as the case may be (in the case of amounts to be
paid on such date) and from time to time thereafter on a quarterly basis or such
other periodic basis as such Agent shall deem appropriate;
          (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and Agent for all its costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any
rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other
documents, including the fees and disbursements of counsel (including the
allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to each Lender and of counsel
to such Agent;
          (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and Agent harmless from,
any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect
to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and other taxes, if
any, that may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the
execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the
transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of,
or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents and any such other documents, and
          (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and Agent and their
respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling
persons (each, an “Indemnitee”) harmless from and against any and all other
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect
to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including any
of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or the
unauthorized use by Persons of information or other materials sent through
electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems that
are intercepted by such Persons and the reasonable fees and expenses of legal
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Group Member under any Loan Document (all the foregoing in this clause (d),
collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”),
provided, that the Borrower shall not have any obligation hereunder to any
Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such
Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a
court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. Without limiting the foregoing, and to
the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to
cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its
Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of
recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities,
settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or
related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or
otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section 11.5 shall
be payable not later than 10 days after written demand therefor. Statements
payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 11.5 shall be submitted to the
Borrower as set forth in Section 11.2, or to such other Person or address as may
be hereafter designated by the Borrower in a written notice to the
Administrative Agent. The agreements in this Section 11.5 shall survive
repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
          11.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
          (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns
permitted hereby (including any affiliate of the Issuing Lender that issues any
Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise
transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower
without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or
otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with
this Section (and any such attempted assignment or transfer in violation of the
provisions of this Section 11.6 shall be null and void).
          (b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii)
below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an “Assignee”) all
or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all
or a pro rata portion of its Commitment, Reimbursement Obligations and the Loans
at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld) of:
               (A) ACEP, provided that no consent of ACEP shall be required for
an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other Person; and
               (B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the
Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to an Assignee that is
a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund immediately prior to
giving effect to such assignment.
          (ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional
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               (A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate
of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount
of the assigning Lender’s Commitments, Reimbursement Obligations or Loans, the
amount of the Commitments, Reimbursement Obligations or Loans of the assigning
Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment
and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000 unless each of ACEP and
the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no such consent of
ACEP shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
(2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its
affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;
               (B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to
the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that the Lead Arranger shall
not be required to pay any such fee;
               (C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire;
               (D) in the case of an assignment to a CLO, the assigning Lender
shall retain the sole right to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, provided that the
Assignment and Assumption between such Lender and such CLO may provide that such
Lender will not, without the consent of such CLO, agree to any amendment,
modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly
affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of Section 11.1
and (2) directly affects such CLO;
               (E) each of the Lenders hereunder shall have expressly consented
in writing to any assignment or transfer of the Loans to any Related Party or
any Affiliate thereof; and
               (F) each of the Lenders hereunder shall have expressly consented
in writing to the acquisition by any Related Party or any Affiliate of the right
to vote as a Lender hereunder or the Trustee’s replacing the First Lien Agent
(as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) as the Controlling Party (as defined
in the Intercreditor Agreement).
Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the payment
of any fees shall nor the consent of any Person shall be required if such
assignment is in connection with any merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, or
other disposition of all or any substantial portion of the business or loan
portfolio of the assigning Lender.
          (iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to
paragraph (b)(iv) below, from and after the effective date specified in each
Assignment and Assumption the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and,
to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have
the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
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obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto
but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.9, 3.10, 3.11
and 11.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under
this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 11.6 shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such
rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
          (iv) The Administrative Agent shall maintain at one of its offices a
copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of,
and principal amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Lender and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register
shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Lender and any
Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
          (v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption
executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed
administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender
hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of
this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph
(b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and
Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No
assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been
recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
          (c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of ACEP or the
Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities
(a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments,
Reimbursement Obligations and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Lender and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells
such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right
to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver
of any provision of this Agreement, and shall not provide that such Lender shall
withhold its agreement with or consent to any such amendment, modification or
waiver or any such enforcement action without the consent of such Participant;
provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that
(1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to
the proviso to the second sentence of Section 11.1 and (2) directly affects such
Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees
that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.9, 3.10 or
3.11 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by
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Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.7(b) as though
it were a Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 11.7(a)
as though it were a Lender.
          (ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater
payment under Section 3.9 or 3.10 than the applicable Lender would have been
entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant,
unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with ACEP’s
prior written consent. Any Participant that is a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be
entitled to the benefits of Section 3.10 unless such Participant complies with
Section 3.10(d). Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no
Lender may sell or otherwise transfer a participation in any portion of such
Lender’s rights or obligations hereunder to a Related Party or to an Affiliate
of any Related Party, and any such attempted sale or other transfer of any such
participation in violation of the provisions of this Agreement shall be null and
void.
          (d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in
all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of
such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or
assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of
a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder
or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
          (e) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant
Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate
transactions of the type described in paragraph (d) above.
          (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any
or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender
without the consent of ACEP or the Administrative Agent and without regard to
the limitations set forth in Section 11.6(b). The Borrower, each Lender and the
Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a
Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day
after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by
such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each Lender designating any Conduit
Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party
hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to
institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of
forbearance.
          11.7. Adjustments; Set-off.
          (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement expressly provides for
payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or to the Lenders, if any Lender
(a “Benefited Lender”) shall, at any time after the Loans and other amounts
payable hereunder shall immediately become due and payable pursuant to
Section 8, receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or
receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily,
by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in
Section 8(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or
collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations
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Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest
in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or shall
provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be
necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits
of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if
all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered
from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase
price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without
interest.
          (b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by
law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any
such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by
applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower
hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to set
off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general
or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any
other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time
held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the
credit or the account of the Borrower, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees
promptly to notify ACEP and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and
application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice
shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
          11.8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of
the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of
said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by
facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the
parties shall be lodged with ACEP and the Administrative Agent.
          11.9. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
          11.10. Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
represent the entire agreement of the Group Members, the Agents and the Lenders
with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no
promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Agent or any Lender
relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein
or in the other Loan Documents.
          11.11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF
THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT TO THE
EXTENT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THE COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS).

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          11.12. Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Group Member hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally:
          (i) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it
is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect
thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of
New York, New York County, the courts of the United States for the Southern
District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
          (ii) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in
such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the
venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or
proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim
the same;
          (iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding
may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or
any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Group Member
at its address set forth in Section 11.2 or at such other address of which the
Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
          (iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect
service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right
to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
          (v) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it
may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in
this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
          11.13. Acknowledgments. Each Group Member hereby acknowledges that:
          (i) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
          (ii) no Agent or Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to
any Group Member arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Agents and Lenders,
on one hand, and the Group Members, on the other hand, in connection herewith or
therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
          (iii) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan
Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby
among the Lenders or among the Group Members and the Lenders.
          11.14. Releases of Guarantees and Liens.
                    (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby
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(without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly
required by Section 11.1) to take any action requested by a Group Member having
the effect of releasing any Collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the
extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any
Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 11.1 or
(ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below.
          (b) At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and the
other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than obligations under or in
respect of Hedge Agreements) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have
been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the Collateral
shall be released from the Liens securing the Obligations created by the
Collateral Documents and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to
survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent (or the Collateral Agent
on its behalf) under the Collateral Documents shall terminate, all without
delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.
          11.15. Confidentiality. Each Agent and each Lender agrees to keep
confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Group Member
pursuant to this Agreement that is designated by such Group Member as
confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Agent or any Lender
from disclosing any such information (a) to any Agent, any other Lender or any
Lender Affiliate, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of
this Section, to any actual or prospective Transferee or any direct or indirect
counterparty to any Hedge Agreement (or any professional advisor to such
counterparty), (c) to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants
and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates, (d) upon the
request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in response to any order of
any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required
pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (f) if requested or required to do so in
connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) that has been publicly
disclosed, (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any
similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires
access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with
ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in connection with the
exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
          11.16. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GROUP MEMBER, THE AGENTS AND THE
LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND
FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
          11.17. Additional Guarantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Sections 6.9, 6.10 and
6.11 of this Agreement shall become a Guarantor for all purposes of this
Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of a Guarantor Addendum
in the form of Exhibit H hereto.
          11.18. Gaming Laws. All rights, remedies and powers provide in this
Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not
violate any applicable mandatory provision of the Gaming Laws and all provisions
of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all such provisions of the
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necessary to not render the provisions of this Agreement invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part.
          11.19. Amendment and Restatement. When this Agreement becomes
effective as set forth in Section 5.2, (i) the Original Credit Agreement shall
be (and hereby is) amended and restated in its entirety on the terms and
conditions set forth herein without releasing, discharging, or otherwise
impairing any Lien granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents so as to
preserve the perfection and priority of all security interests securing
indebtedness and obligations under the Original Credit Agreement; (ii) all
Indebtedness and Obligations of the Borrower and the other Group Members arising
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be secured by the Liens
granted under the Collateral Documents; (iii) all of the Commitments (as defined
in the Original Credit Agreement) and all of the obligations of the Existing
Lenders and the Agents (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement) shall be
automatically, unconditionally and forever discharged; and (iv) this Agreement
shall not constitute a novation or termination of the obligations and
liabilities existing under the Original Credit Agreement except as set forth in
the foregoing clause (iii)(or serve to terminate Sections 9.7, 11.4, 11.5,
11.6(a), (c) or (d) or 11.15 of the Original Credit Agreement or any of the
obligations of the Borrower or any other Group Member thereunder with respect to
the Existing Lenders or the Continuing Lenders). This Agreement restates and
replaces, in its entirety, the Original Credit Agreement; and any references in
any of the other Loan Documents to the Original Credit Agreement shall mean this
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as
of the day and year first above written.

              AMERICAN CASINO & ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company
 
       
 
  By:   /s/  Richard P. Brown
 
       
 
      Name:  Richard P. Brown
 
      Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer
 
            AMERICAN CASINO & ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES FINANCE CORP., a Delaware
corporation
 
       
 
  By:   /s/  Richard P. Brown
 
       
 
      Name:  Richard P. Brown
 
      Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer
 
            STRATOSPHERE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
 
       
 
  By:   /s/  Richard P. Brown
 
       
 
      Name:  Richard P. Brown
 
      Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer
 
            STRATOSPHERE GAMING CORP., a Nevada corporation
 
       
 
  By:   /s/  Richard P. Brown
 
       
 
      Name:  Richard P. Brown
 
      Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer

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              STRATOSPHERE LAND CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation
 
       
 
  By:   /s/  Richard P. Brown
 
       
 
      Name:  Richard P. Brown
 
      Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer
 
            STRATOSPHERE LEASING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
 
       
 
  By:   /s/  Denise Barton
 
       
 
      Name:  Denise Barton
 
      Title:    Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and
             Treasurer
 
       
 
            STRATOSPHERE ADVERTISING AGENCY, a Nevada corporation
 
       
 
  By:   /s/  Denise Barton
 
       
 
      Name:  Denise Barton
 
      Title:    Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and
             Treasurer
 
            ARIZONA CHARLIE’S LLC, a Nevada corporation
 
       
 
  By:   /s/  Denise Barton
 
       
 
      Name:  Denise Barton
 
      Title:    Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
             Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

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              FRESCA LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
 
       
 
  By:   Charlie’s Holding LLC, its sole member
 
       
 
  By:   American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC, its sole member
 
       
 
  By:    /s/  Richard P. Brown
 
       
 
      Name:  Richard P. Brown
 
      Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer
 
            STRATOSPHERE DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
 
       
 
  By:   Stratosphere Corporation, member
 
       
 
  By:    /s/  Richard P. Brown
 
       
 
      Name:  Richard P. Brown
 
      Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer
 
            By: Arizona Charlie’s LLC, member
 
       
 
  By:   /s/  Denise Barton
 
       
 
      Name:  Denise Barton
 
      Title:    Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
             Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
 
       
 
  By:   Fresca, LLC, member
 
       
 
  By:   Charlie’s Holding LLC, its sole member
 
       
 
  By:   American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC, its sole member
 
       
 
  By:    /s/  Richard P. Brown
 
       
 
      Name:  Richard P. Brown
 
      Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer
 
            CHARLIE’S HOLDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
 
       
 
  By:   American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC, its sole member
 
       
 
  By:    /s/  Richard P. Brown
 
       
 
      Name:  Richard P. Brown
 
      Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer

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              BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC., as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole
Bookrunner
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ 
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
            BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., as
Administrative Agent and as a Lender
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ 
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
            WELLS FARGO BANK N.A.
as Syndication Agent and as a Lender
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ 
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
            COMERICA WEST INCORPORATED,
as Documentation Agent and as a Lender
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ 
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
            CIT LENDING SERVICES CORPORATION,
as Documentation Agent and as a Lender
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ 
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:

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              U.S. BANK, NA,
as Documentation Agent and as a Lender
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ 
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:

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