Pinnacle Retains Former Gaming Regulator as Atlantic City Project Spokesman
LAS VEGAS, NV, November 27, 2006. Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: PNK) announced that Carl Zeitz, a former New Jersey gaming regulator, has been retained as a consultant to the Company for public and community relations related to its entry into the Atlantic City, N.J. casino market.
Zeitz, a former journalist, served as a member of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission from 1980 to 1988, and in 1983 became the first commission member to be reappointed. He served twice as vice chairman of the agency, and at the conclusion of his public service established Riverfront Associates, Inc., a Trenton-area firm specializing in public and community relations, strategic communications and marketing information services. Prior to government service, Zeitz was a reporter, principally with The Associated Press at the New Jersey State House.
"Pinnacle Entertainment is pleased to be working with Carl Zeitz. He brings a combination of insights and abilities to our development team from his years as a journalist, service as a key gaming regulator and in the years since as a public relations professional and businessperson," said Kim Townsend, Executive Vice President, Pinnacle-Atlantic City.
"I am delighted to be affiliated with Pinnacle Entertainment, and welcome the opportunity to work with the company in New Jersey," Zeitz said. "I am impressed by the tremendous strides taken by the company during the past four years and by the focused, energetic and able executive leadership guiding Pinnacle Entertainment's ongoing growth and success."
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