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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 | History Defined

Twitter becomes X: Looking back at five rebrands gone wrong, from Tropicana to UKIP

It’s never easy to change a household name

Evening Standard

While A’s finalize ballpark plan, Trop demolition plan on hold

LAS VEGAS — When and how the Tropicana hotel will be torn down is still up in the air as Bally’s Corp. executives wait for the Oakland Athletics to finalize their Las Vegas ballpark plans.

Tribune News Service

If A’s need more land for retractable roof ballpark, they may be in luck

LAS VEGAS — If the Oakland Athletics’ planned Las Vegas ballpark needs more than the 9 acres of land allotted to them to accommodate a retractable roof, they could be in luck.

Tribune News Service

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New Jersey casinos, tracks and partners won $471M in May, up 9.4%, but in-person winnings still lag

New Jersey’s casinos, horse tracks that take sports bets and the online partners of both types of gambling won nearly $471 million in May, an increase of 9.4% from a year earlier, according to figures released Monday by state gambling regulators

The Independent UK

Bally’s Corp. to focus on Tropicana demolition, future A’s plans

LAS VEGAS — With Senate Bill 1 providing funding for an A’s ballpark in Las Vegas now signed into law by Gov. Joe Lombardo, Bally’s Corp. will now turn its attention to when the Tropicana hotel will be demolished.

Tribune News Service

MLB commissioner: A’s ‘pretty settled’ on Las Vegas site; relocation vote could come within month

MILWAUKEE — A vote to approve the Oakland Athletics’ possible move to Las Vegas by Major League Baseball owners could be just weeks away, Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday.

Tribune News Service

A’s, Nevada leadership reach tentative deal to bring team to Vegas

LAS VEGAS — The Oakland Athletics and Nevada leadership have struck a tentative agreement to forward a bill that could lead to the MLB team relocating to Las Vegas.

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Report: A’s reach ‘loose agreement’ with Nevada lawmakers for Las Vegas public financing

The Oakland A’s publicly stated their intentions to move to Las Vegas more than a month ago, and it seems that they are finally making progress on that relocation this week.

Tribune News Service

Funding gap of $75M holding up A’s stadium deal

LAS VEGAS — The Oakland Athletics are negotiating with Clark County to bridge a $75 million dollar gap in public financing for the proposed $1.5 billion MLB Las Vegas ballpark.

Tribune News Service

NJ total gambling revenue up 9.5% in April but in-person casino revenue was down 1.6%

New Jersey’s casinos, racetracks that accept sports bets and their online partners won over $462 million in April, an increase of 9.5% from a year earlier

The Independent UK

Oakland A's reach agreement for potential stadium site on Las Vegas Strip

The Oakland Athletics have reached an agreement with Bally’s and Gaming & Leisure Properties to build a potential stadium on the Tropicana hotel site along the Las Vegas Strip

The Independent UK

Oakland A’s Reach Agreement to Build $1.5 Billion Stadium on Las Vegas Strip

The team’s eventual move to the desert cleared a major hurdle Tuesday.

Sports Illustrated

Post-COVID woe: Atlantic City casino earns fell 4.6% in '22

Three years after the coronavirus pandemic erupted, Atlantic City’s casinos are collectively struggling to get back to where they were before COVID-19 in terms of profitability

The Independent UK

John Romano: Indoors? High school field? Disney? The long, strange journey of Rays spring training.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Somewhere, palm fronds are swaying. Seagulls are squawking, the sun is blinding and the familiar scent of Coppertone is wafting through the bleachers.

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The Independent UK

NJ gambling revenue matches all-time high, with online help

New Jersey’s gambling revenue matched its all-time high of $5.2 billion in 2022, but only half that amount was won by casinos from in-person gamblers

Tribune News Service

A’s appear to be down to 1 potential Las Vegas ballpark site

Talks between the Oakland Athletics and those involved in one key Las Vegas stadium site have stalled, while talks on the other remain ongoing.

The Independent UK

NJ casino, sports betting, online revenue up 7% in September

New Jersey’s casinos, horse tracks that offer sports betting and the online partners of both types of gambling outlets won nearly $485 million from gamblers in September, up nearly 7% from a year earlier

Tribune News Service

A’s, Oakland miss key ballpark deadline; talks continue in Vegas

A key deadline to keep hope alive for Oakland officials and the Athletics to reach agreement on a new Bay Area ballpark by year’s end has come and gone.

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A’s, Oakland running out of time to strike binding deal in 2022

The clock is ticking for the city of Oakland and the Athletics to hammer out a deal to move forward with the team’s planned $12 billion waterfront ballpark development by year’s end.

The Independent UK

No women or minorities now run Atlantic City casinos

With the departure of the head of the Tropicana, none of Atlantic City’s nine casinos is now led by a woman or a Black person

Benzinga

Atlantic City Casino Workers Seal Labor Pacts With MGM, Caesars

The Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino workers union has reached an agreement with MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) and Caesars Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:CZR). The agreements reached are likely to prevent strikes at MGM Resorts’ Borgata casino and Caesars Entertainment’s Caesars, Harrah’s, and Tropicana properties. Unite Here Local 54 union organizers have been asking for a pay raise…

The Independent UK

Friday strike deadline looms for 4 Atlantic City casinos

Union negotiators and casino management are trying to reach new contracts that would avoid a costly and disruptive strike during one of Atlantic City’s busiest weekends

The Guardian - US

‘We want to be able to survive’: Atlantic City casino workers to strike over wages

Demand for a new union contract that raises wages to cover rising cost of living and to attract workers in understaffed departments

Manchester Evening News

I compared orange juice from Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s M&S and Aldi to Tropicana and one was like syrup

Two supermarket brands were actually better, and cheaper, than Tropicana

Daily Record

Woman tucked in to fry ups at Asda, Tesco and Morrisons - and there was more than one disaster

With eggs overdone, no bacon and a three-mile detour just to dine in - here is what happened when Manchester Evening News reporter Bethan Shufflebotham visited supermarket cafes to tuck into a full English.

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