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==Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.==
Proposed Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 Associated Applicants
 IOC PITTSBURGH, INC.
 Alter Company
 B.I. Isle Partnership, LP
 Goldstein Group, Inc.
 Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.
 Allan Bernard Solomon
 Bernard Goldstein
 Donn Roland Mitchell, II
 Duncan Michael McKenzie
 Francis Paul Ciuffetelli
 Lester James McMackin
 Nancy Ann Donovan
 Richard Francis Stewart
 Richard Louis Meister
 Robert Farrell Griffin
 Robert Frankin Boone
 Robert Jeffrey Norton
 Robert Steve Fiore
 Roger Winfred Deaton
 Timothy Michael Hinkley
 Alan Joel Glazer
 Andrew James Economon
 Emanuel Crystal
 Frederick Edwin, John, Gedge Brackenbury
 Gregory David Guida
 Irene Selma Goldstein
 Jeffrey David Goldstein
 Patricia Mary Mendoza
 Richard Allen Coonrod
 Richard Alter Goldstein
 Robert Gary Ellis
 Robert Scott Goldstein
 Timothy Alan Ilsley
 William Randolph Baker
Applicant Total: 34
==North Shore Gaming, LP==
News from the end of January, 2006: One of the companies competing for a slots license for Pittsburgh has withdrawn its application. Merrill Stabile had hoped to build a casino near PNC Park, but filed to withdraw the application this week. There are now three companies hoping to obtain that license.
Proposed Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 Associated Applicants
 North Shore Group ,LP
 North Shore Group, LLC
 NP Management Pittsburgh, LLC
 NP Management Pittsburgh, LP
 NP Pittsburgh, LLC
 NP Pittsburgh, LP
 North Shore Gaming, LP
 Peter Albert Simon II
 Yvette Ehr Landau
 Gregg Harvey Solomon
 Merrill Philip Stabile
Applicant Total: 11
== PITG Gaming, LLC==
Proposed Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 Associated Applicants
 Barden Development, Inc.
 Jurat Holdings, LLC
 PITG Gaming Investor Holdings, LLC
 PITG Gaming, LLC
 Don Hamilton Barden
 Michelle Renea Sherman
Applicant Total: 6
==Station Square Gaming, LP==
Proposed Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 Associated Applicants
 Forest City Commercial Group, Inc.
 Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
 Forest City Rental Properties Corporation
 Forest City Station Square, Inc.
 Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
 Harrah's Operating Company, Inc.
 Harrah's Pittsburgh Management Company
 Pittsburgh Casino, Inc.
 Private Capital Management, L.P.
 FCE Management, LP
 RMS, Ltd
 Third Avenue Management LLC
 Station Square Gaming, LP
 Alan M. Negrelli
 Albert Benjamin Ratner
 Allan C. Krulak
 Brad Snyder
 Brian J Ratner
 Brian M. Jones
 Charles Alex Ratner
 Charles D. Obert
 Charles L. Rau
 Charles R. Zappala
 David J. Larue
 David L. McCown
 Deborah Carole Ratner Salzberg
 Duane F. Bishop
 Edward A Chanatry
 Edward A. Pelavin
 Emerick J. Corsi
 Everett H. Shine
 Gail A. Enderwood
 Gayle B. Farris
 Geralyn M. Presti
 Gregory M Vilkin
 James Arthur Ratner
 James J. Prohaska
 James P Crosby
 James William Finnerty
 Jerry V. Jarrett
 Joan K. Shafran
 Joginder Singh
 John L. Hyclak
 Joseph J. Boehm
 Judith A. Wolfe
 Lawrence R. Fishman
 Linda M. Kane
 Louis Stokes
 Mark C. Siegel
 Mark Gorden Bulmash
 Mark W Smith
 Michael E. Lonsway
 Michael E. Stevens
 Michael F. Farley
 Michael R. Esposito, Jr.
 Michael R. May
 Minta A. Monchein
 Nancy W. McCann
 Patrick M. Lott
 Peter B. Calkins
 Robert G. O'Brien
 Ronald Anthony Ratner
 Samuel Miller
 Scott S.Cowen
 Stanley Ross
 Thomas A. Michaels
 Thomas G. Smith
 Thomas L. Gilkeson
 Thomas Timothy Kmiecik
 Vincent S. Hill
 Warren Ornstein
 William K Lieberman
 William P Hewitt
 William T. Ross
Applicant Total: 74
== Various Supporters ==
===JOSEPH R. KANE, General Manager, The Westin Convention Center Hotel, Downtown===
====P-G LTE from March, 2006, All about revenues====
At a time when our city faces severe financial challenges, we need to create as many well-paying jobs as we can. With the debate over casino proposals raging, we need to look beyond the obvious and focus on the heart and soul of the matter: Who can generate the most revenues and create the most jobs for Pittsburgh? Who has the experience to run a casino well over the long haul?
As the general manager of the Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh hotel, I fully understand the importance of tourism and revenues to a business and a city.
The plan put out by Forest City Enterprises and Harrah's makes a compelling case that no other can. Harrah's is the largest name in the business and includes brands like Caesars and Horseshoe. This company knows how to attract people and bring in revenues. I honestly believe people would travel to Pittsburgh to visit a Harrah's, because Harrah's has the unparalleled capacity to market and attract them.
They project that $155 million of the revenues in the first year alone will come from outside Allegheny County and more than 10,300 jobs will be created. Smaller casino players cannot commit to do what Harrah's could do for Pittsburgh. It is that simple.
== Links==
* Gaming Control Board (PA organization)
* Pittsburgh's Gaming Task Force
* http://www.hallwatch.org/news/1151466922935
* Executive director of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is the subject of a criminal investigation
===News===
* Casino opponents seek probe of ex-gaming head Philly Inquirer, 08/23/2007
* P-G coverage, says N.Side proposal still in the hunt, January 2006.
* Gaming Board member resigns, news from March 25, 2006 
:William P. Conaboy, who kept his outside job as general counsel for a nonprofit health care and services provider in northeastern Pennsylvania, said the strain of two jobs was too much as public hearings on applications for licenses to operate slot-machine parlors approached.
* Political consultant at center of dispute over picking casino May 27, 2006, by Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
* Slots applicants float plans with task force by Andrew Conte, TRIBUNE-REVIEW, May 26, 2006
* Majestic Star's casino on the North Shore would feature riverfront access to the Gateway Clipper fleet, 
* Pittsburgh Gaming Task Force held a closed-door meeting with slots applicants in May, 2006, and declined comment. The city group has no authority over who gets the license, but members said they want to make a recommendation to the state Gaming Control Board before the public comment period ends June 2, 2006.
Backers of Isle of Capri Casinos' bid to put the slots parlor in the Lower Hill District said they met with task force members for about an hour. The group was attentive, said Tim Hinkley, Isle of Capri's president.
Abe Naparstek, Forest City's spokesman, said the group has hired local architect Astorino to help with its casino plans for Station Square. The group also talked about design, revenue and other parts of its application to the state, he said.
Applicants said their presentations were similar to those made to the state gambling panel during hearings Downtown last month. The task force asked for additional information on anticipated traffic flow.
Acting separately, the city's Planning Department recently compiled its own analysis of the applicants, praising Forest City's location but doubting its ability to handle heavy traffic. That 135-page report is the only analysis that Mayor Bob O'Connor's office plans to send to the state board.
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