Larry Mullin, Chief Operating Officer of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, announced the appointment of Bill Wright as the venue’s new President. He will be in charge of the property’s operations and management.
Mr. Wright has quite a long experience in the gambling industry. Prior to joining the Seminole Hard Rock team, he had worked for Station Casinos in Las Vegas, most recently taking the position of Green Valley Resort’s General Manager and Vice President.
While member of the Station Casinos team, Mr. Wright had also been a General Manager and Vice President of Sunset Station and Boulder Station, both venues being located in Las Vegas.
In fact, his gambling industry career had started at Caesars Entertainment’s Flamingo Hilton venue in Las Vegas. Mr. Wright had worked for the major gambling operator for more than 19 years. During that time, he had taken managing positions at several Reno properties as well as at Bally’s Las Vegas. Prior to the company’s merger with Harrah’s in 2005, he had also spent some time as General Manager and Executive Vice President of Caesars’ Grand Gulfport Casino in Mississippi.
After the merger took place in 2005, Mr. Wright was appointed as General Manager and Senior Vice President of Grand Biloxi, which had previously been owned by Harrah’s Entertainment. He was also General Manager and Senior Vice President at Harrah’s Tunica properties. In 2006, he was promoted to Regional President for the Harrah’s Corporation Mid-South Region.
Being appointed as President of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Mr. Wright pointed out that their main goal is to always remember that they are “all about fun and creating memorable guest experiences.”
Currently, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood is among the largest gambling venues in South Florida and on the territory of the state as a whole. The 140,000-square-foot casino floor features more than 2,200 slot machines, 90 table games, 40 high-stakes poker tables, and a number of other gambling options.
The property is owned by the Seminole Tribe, one of Florida’s federally recognized Indian nations. Under an agreement with the state, the tribe’s gambling venues are the only authorized to provide blackjack and other table games in Florida. The compact, however, is to expire on July 31 and although legislators and tribal officials have been negotiating the opportunity for its renewal for quite some time now, nothing has been decided yet.
