Penn National Names Chett Harrison GM of Boomtown Biloxi
JANUARY 24, 2007. Penn National Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq:PENN) announced today that effective immediately, Chett Harrison has been named General Manager of its Boomtown Biloxi property. Mr. Harrison, who had been serving as the Assistant General Manager at Boomtown Biloxi, succeeds Pat Murphy, who recently announced his retirement.
With over thirteen years of gaming industry experience, Chett Harrison has served as Assistant General Manager of Boomtown Biloxi since August 2006, after joining the facility as Director of Marketing in January of 2001. Prior to joining Boomtown Biloxi, Mr. Harrison was Director of Marketing at the Palace Casino in Biloxi where he was responsible for the promotion and marketing surrounding the opening of its 234-room hotel. He began his career at Copa Casino in Gulfport, Mississippi where he performed various marketing functions for the facility as well as its parent company, The Sands Regency Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nevada.
Leonard M. DeAngelo, Executive Vice President, Operations of Penn National Gaming commented, "Having worked at Boomtown for six years, and directly with Pat for five, Chett understands the property, the Biloxi market and our customers and is ideally qualified to assume the position of GM at Boomtown Biloxi. Chett played an important role in the successful re-opening of Boomtown Biloxi following the damage incurred as a results of Hurricane Katrina and Chett's appointment again demonstrates Penn National's strategy of both promoting and attracting proven gaming industry veterans to manage its regional gaming properties. We thank Pat Murphy for the valuable role he has played at Boomtown from assisting in the opening of the facility in 1994 to his service as General Manager for the last four and a half years and we congratulate him on his retirement."
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