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New player development manager joins Indiana Live Casino
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009) – The closest casino to Indianapolis continues to lure experienced gaming industry talent as it announces its latest managerial staff addition. Jim Mackie has been named player development manager at Indiana Live Casino.
In his role, he will be charged with leading efforts to provide a high level of personalized service to thousands of VIP patrons while identifying while introducing and developing new relationships with new high-level players to the casino.
Mackie, 53, joins Indiana Live Casino from Argosy Casino in Lawrenceburg, where during his eight-year tenure he held titles of player development executive, senior casino host and other customer service titles.
Before embarking on a career in the gaming industry, for 22 years Mackie was owner and proprietor of Mackie Quality Foods, a retail/wholesale food business.
Originally from Harrison, Ohio, Mackie earned a business administration degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is licensed as a player development executive with the Indiana Gaming Commission.
Currently a resident of Sunman, Ind., Mackie is married to wife Andi and has two grown children and one grandchild.
Indiana Live Casino features more than 1,900 high-tech slot machines and electronic table games and an eatery catered by renowned chef Wolfgang Puck. In early 2009, the casino’s permanent 233,000-square-foot facility will open adjacent to Indiana Downs and feature nationally renowned restaurants, bars and nightclubs. Indiana Live Casino is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week year round. For more, visit www.indianalivecasino.com.
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ABOUT INDIANA LIVE! CASINO
Indiana Live! Casino is owned by Indiana Downs LLC. The project is being developed and managed by Baltimore, Md.-based developer The Cordish Company. The Cordish Company’s Gaming Operations are headed by CEO and partner Dennis Gomes. For more, visit www.indianalivecasino.com.
ABOUT THE CORDISH COMPANY
The Cordish Company (www.cordish.com), now in its fourth generation of family ownership, is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate including one of the leading real estate development companies in the United States. The company has diverse development expertise with divisions focused on Entertainment and Mixed-Use, Gaming and Lodging, Sports Anchored Districts, Shopping and Lifestyle Retail and Office and Residential. The Cordish Company also owns and manages a diverse group of operating businesses, ranging from gaming and leisure, restaurants and clubs, live music promotion and film and media distribution. The company values itself on the quality of its operations, its long-term relationships and high level of integrity in all of its endeavors. The Cordish Company is the largest and most successful developer of entertainment districts and concepts in the United States. In particular, the company has unparalleled experience in creating and revitalizing high-profile destinations in urban core locations. Many of the Cordish Company's projects involve public/private partnerships and are of unique significance to the cities in which they are located. Prime examples are the company's prominent role in the redevelopment of highly successful projects in Baltimore's world-famous Inner Harbor; Atlantic City, N.J.; Hollywood, Fla.; Charleston, S.C.; Houston, Texas; Louisville, Ky.; and Tampa, Fla. The company currently has over $1 billion in construction focusing primarily on Sports Anchored Districts. The Cordish Company has received the highest possible national awards in its various areas of expertise. In real estate, The Cordish Company has received an unprecedented six Urban Land Institute Awards of Excellence.
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