…could Hooters be referred to as “a very clean corporation.” I’m not making this up.
From the LVRJ:
The founders of the Hooters restaurant chain won a unanimous Gaming Control Board recommendation Thursday for a gaming license as majority owners of the San Remo Hotel just east of the Strip.Florida Hooters has purchased a two-thirds share of the 711-room hotel-casino from EW Common, the company owned by Japanese businessmen Sukeaki Izumi and his son, Toyoroku. The combined company will spend $65 million remodeling the casino and tentatively plans a grand-opening for the first Hooters Hotel Casino on Feb. 2.
Approval is contingent on the Nevada Gaming Commission giving its consent to the license at its Oct. 20 hearing. That should be a foregone conclusion since Control Board Chairman Dennis Neilander and board members Bobby Siller and Mark Clayton all lauded company management.
Ten directors of the company, founded in Clearwater, Fla., in 1983, won preliminary licensing approval Thursday. Commissioners found nothing in any of their backgrounds that caused concern.
“I am very impressed,” Neilander said. “In investigations this size we usually run into a few issues. This is a very clean corporation.”
Check out the Hooters casino website for more info about the casino.