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WORKING
AS ONE
INTEGRITY
RELIABILITY
PROFESSIONALISM
SUCCESS
Following these core principles has helped the
Full House team earn a reputation as one of the
industry’s top developers. Our management
has been directly responsible for development
of over ten major casino projects, all which have
been successful.
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Rising Star Casino Resort
Full House Resorts is a public company, listed on the
NASDAQ exchange. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada,
Silver Slipper Casino
it owns and operates casinos in Indiana, Mississippi and
Nevada. It is the parent company of the Rising Star Casino
Resort, in Rising Sun, Indiana.
In addition to Rising Star, Full House owns and operates
the Silver Slipper Casino in Waveland, Mississippi, where it
recently opened a new 129-guest room hotel. It also operates
the casino at the Hyatt Tahoe at Incline Village, Nevada,
Grand Lodge Casino at Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe
which is a leading hotel in Northern Nevada. Finally, the
company owns Stockman’s Casino, which is the leading
casino in Fallon, Nevada, near the center of Nevada, between
the Fallon Naval Air Station and the new, multi-billion dollar
Tesla battery factory.
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Stockman’s Casino
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When Rising Star Casino first opened in 1996 at a total cost
Most of the customers for Rising Star have historically come from
of approximately $200 million, it was the only casino in the
southern Ohio and northern Kentucky, which are far more densely
Cincinnati/Louisville/Indianapolis region.
populated than southeast Indiana. While Rising Star and Rising Sun
IT WAS IMMEDIATELY SUCCESSFUL,
WITH CASINO REVENUES IN THE FIRST
FEW YEARS THAT WERE IN EXCESS OF
$150 MILLION PER YEAR.
are situated along the Ohio River, there is no bridge at this location.
Most patrons have to cross the river at Lawrenceburg or Vevay, Indiana.
The property includes two hotels with a total of 294 guest
rooms, an 18-hole golf course, several food and beverage
outlets and a large, traditional casino riverboat. It has been
an exemplary Indiana licensee for almost 20 years.
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Within a few years of Rising Star’s opening, competing
Full House has plans to make improvements at Rising Star to
casinos opened near each of those bridges, cutting
make it more competitive in the Cincinnati market. Nevertheless,
off much of the traffic. Then, in 2008, two additional
it recognizes that it has far more permitted gaming equipment
casinos opened at racetracks southeast and northeast of
than is required and proposes relocating approximately half of
Indianapolis, cutting off much of Rising Star’s traffic from
that gaming equipment to the new Indianapolis development.
the west. In 2009, the casino in Lawrenceburg opened a
As such, this is not an expansion of gaming; much of the
significant expansion. Finally, in 2013 and 2014, the State
gaming equipment already exists within Indiana, either sitting
of Ohio permitted the opening of several casinos in the
idle in warehouses in Rising Sun or on parts of the existing boat
Cincinnati metropolitan area, which was historically the
that are underutilized. The number of slot machines allowed in
most important market for Rising Star. As a result,
Rising Star’s casino revenues in 2014 were approximately
$51 million, the least of any casino in Indiana and roughly
a third of what its revenues were in its first years of
operation, some 19 years ago.
The gaming legislation passed into law in early 2015 limits
each casino to the maximum gaming capacity that it has
offered since January 1, 2007. In Rising Star’s case, that
limit is 1,489 “gambling games”, which is the number that
SOME OF THE SLOT
MACHINES WOULD
SIMPLY BE RELOCATED
TO A LOCATION WHERE
THEY CAN SERVE AS AN
ECONOMIC ANCHOR FOR
$650 MILLION OF
NEW DEVELOPMENT
the state is not changing as a
result of this proposal; some of
the slot machines would
simply be relocated to a
location where they can
serve as an economic anchor
for $650 million of new
development, most of which
is non-gaming in character.
The state will also benefit
were offered at the property in October, 2007. Because
significantly from incremental tax revenues and jobs from the
of the increase in competition in the Cincinnati area, this
relocation of underutilized gaming equipment to areas where
is considerably more gaming capacity than is needed
it will be more productive.
to satisfy the existing revenues at Rising Star. Indeed,
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currently, the casino offers only approximately 1,000
We are not seeking the addition of a gaming license to the
gambling games. Even at that, its revenues per operated
13 that are already permitted under Indiana law. We will simply
gambling game are the lowest of any of the state’s
seek permission to relocate some of the permitted gaming
casinos. If Rising Star were to have the same gaming win
equipment to Indianapolis from Rising Sun, operating under the
per slot machine per day as the state’s average, it would
same license. The precedent of this is well established by the
need only approximately 450 of its 1,489 permitted
operations of the off-track betting parlors as adjuncts to the
gambling games to achieve the same casino revenues.
licensed racetrack operations.
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The state also benefits by having this new, modest-sized
casino being under the same umbrella as the existing Rising
Star Casino. The state has a highly progressive tax structure for
its casinos. The first $25 million of gaming revenues are taxed
at only 5% and tax rates tier up to a top tax rate of 35% on
annual revenues above $150 million. As mentioned, the gaming
revenues at Rising Star are the lowest in the state, resulting in a
tax rate of approximately 12% of revenues. However, since the
new development would be under the same license as Rising
Star, the effective tax rate on the Indianapolis casino would be
much higher than if it were a stand-alone license.
Rising Star’s operating agreement with Rising Sun and Ohio
County called for creation of a foundation to benefit local
charities, funded by 1.5% of our casino revenues. Over its 19
years of operation, Rising Star has paid over $35 million into
that fund, benefitting numerous local charities and providing
scholarships for dozens of local children.
THE
TEAM
the largest taxpayer and a significant creditor (through a
WE COULD NOT SUCCEED
WITHOUT AN AWARD-WINNING
SUPPORTING CAST. WE HAVE
A SMART, INNOVATIVE AND
EXPERIENCED TEAM THAT
WORKS AS ONE TO DESIGN,
DEVELOP, CONSTRUCT AND
MAINTAIN OUR VARIOUS
PROPERTIES.
long-term hotel lease) in Rising Sun and Ohio County.
These are their stories.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO CREATE A
SIMILAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
FOR THE CASINO REVENUES
GENERATED IN MARION COUNTY
TO BENEFIT CHARITIES IN THE
INDIANAPOLIS REGION.
Finally, we note that Rising Star is the largest employer,
The new development will significantly strengthen the
Rising Star entity, indirectly benefiting Rising Sun
and Ohio County.
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DANIEL R. LEE
Full House is a modest-sized company, but its
management team has been an integral part
of the development of some of the largest and
most successful casinos in the U.S.
The Company’s CEO, Daniel R. Lee, graduated
from the Cornell School of Hotel Administration,
then obtained an MBA degree from Cornell’s
Johnson Graduate School of Management.
From there, he spent a dozen years on Wall
Street, helping to finance billions of dollars of
hotel and casino development.
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The first of these to open was the 3,000-guest room
In 1992, he moved to Las Vegas and became Chief Financial
Monte Carlo Casino Hotel, built in a joint venture that Mr. Lee
Officer, Treasurer and Senior Vice President of Finance and
formed between Mirage Resorts and former executives from
Development for Mirage Resorts, reporting to its famed
the Circus Circus casino company. Mr. Lee also arranged the
developer and CEO Steve Wynn. In 2002, Mr. Lee became
principal financing for this $350 million project, which
Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Entertainment, where he led
quickly became another of the most financially successful
the team that developed several successful casino projects and
casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
significantly revamped the company, including the expansion
and repositioning of Indiana’s Belterra Casino Resort. In 2011,
Shortly thereafter, in 1999, Mirage completed construction
Mr. Lee started his own company—Creative Casinos—which he
of its landmark Bellagio Casino Hotel on a portion of
sold to Ameristar Casinos in 2012. He joined Full House Resorts
the Dunes property. Mr. Lee arranged the financing and
in late 2014 as its President and Chief Executive Officer.
oversaw the financial aspects of this 3,000-guest room,
IN HIS VARIOUS ROLES, HE HAS
BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TEN MAJOR
CASINO DEVELOPMENTS, ALL OF
WHICH HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
When he first joined Mirage Resorts, it was just beginning
the development of the 3,000-guest room Treasure Island
Casino Hotel, adjoining The Mirage. Mr. Lee arranged the
financing for that $470 million casino, which opened in 1993
and quickly became one of the most financially successful
casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
Also in 1993, Mr. Lee was instrumental in the purchase by
Mirage Resorts of the 164-acre Dunes property along the
Las Vegas Strip. The master plan was to build several resorts
on this site, most of which had previously been a golf course.
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Five-Star resort, built at a total cost of approximately
$1.6 billion. It has been regarded as one of the most
successful casinos or hotels of any kind in history
and is still, by many measures, the leading hotel
on the Las Vegas Strip.
At the same time that Mirage Resorts was building Bellagio,
it also built the 1,740-guest room Beau Rivage in Biloxi,
Mississippi. Mr. Lee was likewise responsible for financing the
construction of this $685 million casino hotel, which has led
the Mississippi Gulf Coast market over the past 15 years.
Shortly before leaving Mirage Resorts, Mr. Lee negotiated the
joint venture between Mirage and Boyd Gaming that resulted
in the construction of Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in
Atlantic City, NJ. Borgata opened in 2003 with 2,000 guest
rooms at a total cost of $1.1 billion and has led the Atlantic City
market ever since its opening.
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The pattern continued at Pinnacle Entertainment.
As Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle, Mr. Lee oversaw
the development of the $370 million, 750-guest room
Ten miles south of St. Louis, Pinnacle built River City, a $377 million,
L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles,
high quality casino with numerous popular food and beverage
Louisiana. That resort has been highly successful and
facilities on 80 acres along the Mississippi River.
was recently rated by Travel and Leisure Magazine as
the best non-tribal casino outside of Nevada.
Mr. Lee left Pinnacle in 2009 and formed his own company to seek
the final gaming license in the State of Louisiana. He was awarded
Pinnacle also owned some small casino operations in
that license after a competitive process on the basis of his proposal
the Patagonia region of Argentina. In response to a
of a large resort, anchored by a casino and adjoining the L’Auberge
request by the Governor of the province of Neuquén,
project that he had previously developed at Pinnacle. The new
Argentina, Mr. Lee developed Casino Magic—a
project included a 400-guest room hotel, an 18-hole golf course
$10 million casino in the provincial capital. Later, he
and numerous other hospitality facilities. As construction began, a
added a hotel at a similar cost of $10 million. The
much larger casino company offered to purchase the project at an
Argentina project was a major financial success,
attractive price. Mr. Lee accepted the offer, but only after Ameristar
as well as a major improvement in the region’s
provided significant guarantees that the resort would be completed
hospitality offerings.
as promised to the community. Ameristar then proceeded with
construction, but then Pinnacle Entertainment acquired Ameristar.
Mr. Lee then turned to St. Louis, where two local
The Federal Trade Commission approved that acquisition with the
governments had begun competitive processes to
proviso that Pinnacle would have to sell one of the two Lake Charles
choose developers for two casinos—one in the City of
properties. It opted to sell Mr. Lee’s project to Golden Nugget, Inc.
St. Louis and one in the surrounding St. Louis County.
The resultant $600 million casino hotel recently opened as the
Pinnacle was ultimately chosen to develop both.
Golden Nugget - Lake Charles.
In downtown St. Louis, Pinnacle built Lumiere
Place, which included a new Four Seasons hotel, a
refurbished Embassy Suites, a casino, and numerous
unique food, beverage and entertainment venues.
BASED ON ITS INITIAL EIGHT MONTHS
OF OPERATIONS, IT IS CLEARLY
ALREADY ONE OF THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL CASINOS.
This $523 million project opened in 2007 and
stimulated the continued redevelopment of the
entire downtown area.
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Bergman, Walls & Associates Ltd. was founded in
1994 as an architectural firm with an emphasis on
Casino Resort Design. Prior to 1994, Joel Bergman
spent 16 years as Steve Wynn’s in-house architect,
creating such projects as The Mirage, Treasure
Island and the Golden Nugget properties in
Atlantic City, Las Vegas and Laughlin. The mission
of Bergman, Walls and Associates has been to
provide our clients the highest level of individualized
design services. Our leadership has over 200 years
of combined experience conceptualizing, master
planning, designing and documenting highrise
residential, hospitality, mixed-use and gaming
projects ranging from intimate boutique restaurants
to entire mega-resorts. We embrace the philosophy
of planners, architects and engineers working hand
in hand with the owner and the contractor, forming
an integrated team with the purpose of realizing the
owner’s vision and business objectives.
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BWA has designed a full range of projects including luxury
condominiums, master planned resorts, hotels, casinos, spas,
workout facilities, swimming pools and recreation decks.
Restaurant facilities that we have designed range from those
for celebrity chefs to action-station buffets to the simplest
snack bars. BWA has also designed nightclubs, showrooms
and theaters including several Cirque du Soleil venues.
Each new Project, regardless of size, is assigned a team of
creative and highly experienced individuals led by a BWA
Partner-In-Charge. Our team is supported by various specialty
consultants such that the design product will prove to be an
experience that is exceptional and memorable for both the
Project Owner and the Owner’s guests.
In 2008, BWA founded its interior design studio which
provides an intimate integrated project experience for our
clients. Our guestrooms and suites range in style from the
traditional to the trend setting. Whether in new construction
or as part of a renovation / rebranding effort, we strive
to create comfortable environments that exceed client
expectations and meet their budgets.
BWA believes that listening to the client is the most important
planning tool. Clients have hopes, needs, desires, wishes and
dreams which form the original project vision. Our role is to
add our expertise and become part of the team; to analyze,
guide and to support that vision. Our job is not to replace
the client’s judgment with our own. Rather, it is to facilitate
and interpret such that the end project is unique to the client,
aesthetically pleasing and economically successful.
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JOEL BERGMAN, AIA
CHAIRMAN / DESIGN PRINCIPAL
Joel Bergman brings 45 years of experience
in casino resort design and has established
a reputation worldwide as a leader in the
hospitality industry. He is intimately involved
in the design, planning and programming
PROJECT EXPERIENCE:
Golden Nugget - Lake Charles Lake Charles, LA
Caesars Palace Expansion Las Vegas, NV
River City Casino Hotel St. Louis, MO
Barona Resort & Casino Lakeside, CA
One Queensridge Place Phase II Las Vegas, NV
Khai Vy HCMC, Vietnam
Snoqualmie Casino Snoqualmie, WA
Ameristar Casino Resort Spa Lake Charles, LA
Mystic Lake Casino Expansion Prior Lake, MN
Trump International Las Vegas, NV
Paris Casino Resort Las Vegas, NV
The Signature at MGM Grand Las Vegas, NV
Accra Casino Ghana, Africa
Phu Quoc Island Resort Master Plan Phu Quoc, Vietnam
Regency Casino Thessaloniki, Greece
Interim Crown Casino Melbourne, Australia
of projects throughout the United States
and internationally. He has brought
innovative, cutting-edge, sustainable and
energy efficient design to all forms of
entertainment architecture ranging from
boutique retail venues to large scale mixeduse resorts; including hospitality, dining,
retail, performance and gaming projects.
Joel won the prestigious Sarno Lifetime
Achievement Award for Casino Design in
2006, was inducted into the UNLV Artists
and Entertainers Hall of Fame in 2013 and
received the HOSPY Lifetime Achievement
Award in 2014.
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LICENSURE:
Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico,
New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Washington
A F F I L I AT I O N S :
American Institute of Architects
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
Construction Specifi cations Institute
International Code Council
E D U C AT I O N :
Bachelor of Architecture, Cum Laude
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society in Architecture
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TODD LENAHAN
TAL Studio is regarded as perhaps the leisure industry’s most progressive
thought leaders. In 2008, Lenahan was Boutique Design Magazine’s
Designer of the Year, and in 2010 became the youngest inductee of the
prestigious HD Platinum Circle, which recognizes lifetime achievement
and contributions to the industry at-large. His work in hospitality and
entertainment design has been recognized more than 30 times with the
industry’s top awards and honors for outstanding achievement. His work
is regarded for its extraordinary diversity of range, as well as for its adept
mastery of design influences from around the world and throughout time.
IN 2008, LENAHAN WAS BOUTIQUE
DESIGN MAGAZINE’S DESIGNER OF
THE YEAR, AND IN 2010 BECAME
THE YOUNGEST INDUCTEE OF THE
PRESTIGIOUS HD PLATINUM CIRCLE.
Prior to founding TAL Studio, Todd Avery Lenahan was a Principal
of Design & Interior Architecture for the worldwide operations of
Walt Disney Imagineering. He moved to Las Vegas in 1999, expanding
his horizons into the design of luxury hotels, casinos, yachts, theaters
and homes. His work focuses on interiors and architecture that call for
thoughtful and tasteful presentation, things that arise above the norm,
that entertain, stimulate and sometimes amuse. His clients are diverse
and include Walt Disney Imagineering, Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Resorts
and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
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Founded in 1983, WET employs over two hundred talented individuals,
including designers, architects, landscape architects, graphic artists,
motion designers, inventors, fluid-mechanics engineers, special effects
technicians, electrical engineers, choreographers, project managers,
optical engineers, control system engineers, animators, illustrators,
WET
analysts and planners.
In an increasingly digital world people
WET has always focused on sustainable development, employing the
crave the authenticity of real human
smart use of water, energy and materials. WET pioneered most of the
connection. WET unleashes the magic
world’s significant innovations in the water feature industry over the last
of water to create shared experiences
twenty-seven years, from laminar flow, to compressed air technologies,
of movement, light, and emotion that
to hydraulic jump technologies, and open joint-paving (inventing the first
reconnect people with their world, with
fountain that came from and disappeared back into a plaza surface),
their senses, and with each other.
underwater high-intensity-discharge lighting, underwater robotics,
sophisticated massively-parallel output control systems, and particle-
WET’s creative force of talent
based simulation systems for pre-visualization of water features and how
imagines each project into its specific
they will behave in various environmental conditions. WET just completed
environment and community, from the
its new, 50,000 square foot indoor / outdoor research complex, next to
moment of conceptualization through
its 60,000 square foot state-of-the art manufacturing facility and near its
life-long maintenance. When a client is
8,000 square foot design studio.
seeking a people magnet—an attraction
that will pull people into their project
WET has created more than 200 features throughout the world, ranging
and pull that project into the spotlight,
from features so small that all the water seen barely fills a cup, to the
then they seek WET.
world’s largest fountain, The Dubai Fountain, which opened in 2009.
Combining other natural elements, WET’s features also employ fire,
ice, light and sound—all to create places for people to rediscover their
humanity at its most fundamental level.
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SK+G LAB
SK+G is a premier leisure, luxury and lifestyle marketing agency, providing
strategic branding and retail expertise to leading companies throughout
the U.S. and internationally.
SK+G HAS EMERGED AS AN EXPERT IN THE
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, REPRESENTING
CLIENTS THAT ARE AMONG THE NATION’S
PREMIER BRANDS IN GAMING, HOTELS /
RESORTS, HIGH-END RESIDENTIAL, RETAIL,
DINING, NIGHTLIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT.
Co-founders John Schadler and Jerry Kramer have many years of
experience in the media and entertainment industries. Before co-founding
SK+G in 1999, John Schadler was head of marketing for Steve Wynn’s Mirage
Resorts, overseeing the advertising and brand strategies for Bellagio,
The Mirage, Treasure Island, Golden Nugget and Beau Rivage resorts.
Co-founder Jerry Kramer’s specialty, meanwhile, was in video production, as
the former owner of Mesmerize Studio the then-premier production facility
in Southern California and producer or director of music videos for
Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Van Halen and many others.
At SK+G, they have overseen the branding and advertising for
clients as diverse as Allegiant Airlines, Andre Agassi, Cirque du Soleil,
The Greenbrier Resort, Montage Hotels, Aria Resort & Casino,
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Galaxy Macau and Wolfgang Puck.
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SHIEL SEXTON
In 1962, Shiel Sexton was founded on the principle that the value of a
contractor should be based on more than the orchestration of manpower
and materials. As their business grew in size and experience, Shiel Sexton
learned that each market sector requires certain specialized skill sets to
meet the complex demands of their clients. Shiel Sexton responded by
RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE THE 700,000 SQ. FT.
EXPANSION OF THE INDIANA CONVENTION CENTER
VALUED AT $275 MILLION, CONSTRUCTION OF THE
$120 MILLION PALLADIUM AT THE CENTER FOR
PERFORMING ARTS IN CARMEL, AND CONSTRUCTION
OF THE 209-GUEST ROOM ALEXANDER HOTEL
IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS IN THE POPULAR
CITYWAY NEIGHBORHOOD.
creating a dedicated team of experts for commercial, higher education,
public works, healthcare and science & technology.
With regional offices in Indianapolis, IN, and Charlotte, NC, Shiel Sexton
has more than 300 employees and is consistently ranked among the
nation’s Top 400 construction firms according to the Engineering News
Record. In 2012, Shiel Sexton became an Employee Stock Ownership
Program (ESOP) and is 100% owned by employees.
In addition to offering design-build, general contracting and construction
management services, Shiel Sexton provides building owners and
managers with preconstruction services including conceptual budgeting
and constructability review. Shiel Sexton has a history of working closely
with our customers early in the design phase, which enables us to closely
monitor budget and design issues. This strategy provides our customers
with the best value because we do not compromise quality or schedule
while meeting their budget goals.
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YATES CONSTRUCTION
Yates Construction recently celebrated its 50th year in business
and ranks in the top construction service providers in the nation.
Having successfully executed in excess of $6 billion in hospitality
/ gaming projects in more than 10 states, Yates has consistently
ranked amongst the top 5 Gaming / Entertainment contractors
in the U.S. for the past 15 years according to Engineering News
Record. Yates has been an integral part in the execution of many
major casinos across the U.S. including Borgata in Atlantic City,
New Jersey; Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi; Harrah’s Cherokee
Casino in Cherokee, North Carolina; River City Hotel & Casino in
St. Louis, Missouri; The Water Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey;
Belterra Park in Cincinnati, Ohio; Isle of Capri in Bettendorf, Iowa;
Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass, Texas; Harrah’s Ak Chin
in Phoenix, Arizona; Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, Florida;
Kansas City Landing in Kansas City, Missouri; and many more.
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Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP is a business law firm providing
transactional, litigation and government services to clients
ranging from Fortune 500 businesses and Global 1000
companies to smaller, regionally based organizations across a
variety of industries and business sectors. BGD has served the
legal and business needs of clients for more than a century and
is one of the nation’s top regional law firms. BGD attorneys have
consistently been recognized in independent surveys and legal
rankings for their excellence. The firm has extensive experience
in real estate development, private/public partnerships, retail
center development and multi-use developments.
Bingham Greenebaum is dedicated to a diverse environment
and is committed to attracting, developing, retaining and
promoting diverse talent. The firm is proud of the many
achievements it has earned, including being recognized
as one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana.
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Founded in 1984, Borshoff has grown from a three-person public
relations firm to a full-service advertising, branding and PR agency
55 strong. Located in Indianapolis, Borshoff has maintained
continuous independent operations as their client partnerships
and capabilities have grown. Today, Borshoff gives their undivided
attention to delivering fully integrated communications, drawing
from multiple disciplines to provide clients with strategic, creative
BORSHOFF IS A CERTIFIED
WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE (WBE)
solutions that help them achieve their business goals. They
mindfully maintain a broad and deep level of industry expertise,
partnering with clients in a variety of sectors and sizes from health
industries and manufacturing to sports and entertainment to
education and nonprofit associations.
Borshoff’s advertising and PR professionals collaborate to inspire
and inform the best ways to engage audiences, increase the reach
of an idea and execute with a more memorable solution. This
ability to bring diverse experiences and sensibilities to the table
gives their clients the advantage of boundless possibilities
at the planning stage.
Borshoff is a certified Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE)
led by Susan Matthews (managing principal), Jennifer Young
Dzwonar (principal), Karen Alter (principal), Jennifer Berry
(principal) and Katherine Coble (principal).
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CATALYST PUBLIC
AFFAIRS GROUP
LISA HAYS
Catalyst and its founding partner, Matt Bell, bring a wealth of public
Lisa Hays, Esq. is a partner with Hays &
and private sector experience to the firm’s Clients.
Associates, LLC. Ms. Hays has over 30 years of
legislative experience in Indiana. Ms. Hays has
Mr. Bell was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives
served as governmental affairs counsel to
in 2005. Mr. Bell rose to the rank of Ranking Minority
multi-national and Indiana corporations since
Member of the Public Policy Committee and served on
1987. She also served as a legislative aide to state
the Labor and Employment Committee and the Family,
legislators in the Indiana State Senate and House
Children, and Human Affairs Committee. Mr. Bell previously
of Representatives. Ms. Hays was a registered
served as the Vice-Chair of the Public Policy Committee
lobbyist for the Indiana Association of Cities &
in 2006, the Ranking Minority Member of the Labor and
Towns and represented local officials before the
Employment Committee, and a member of the Insurance
Indiana General Assembly. Prior to forming Hays
Committee and the Natural Resources Committee.
& Associates, LLC, Ms. Hays was owner of Hays
Murray Group, LLC, and a partner with Krieg
Mr. Bell was named the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s Small
DeVault Alexander & Capehart, serving as chair
Business Champion for 2007.
of Krieg DeVault’s Governmental Affairs Practice
Group. Ms. Hays was a founding member of
the Indiana Democratic Women’s Political
Action Committee and former Trustee of the
Indianapolis Children’s Museum Board. Hays &
Associates, LLC is an Indiana certified Women
Business Enterprise.
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