News Release
For Release: IMMEDIATELY
Contact: A. Bruce Crawley
Millennium 3 Management
Tel: (215) 751-0140
Email: [email protected]
PHL Local Gaming, LLC Former Trump Entertainment
CEO to its Board
Philadelphia, PA, January 31, 2013 – PHL Local Gaming, LLC, today announced that John
P. Burke, former executive vice president and chief financial officer, Trump Entertainment
Resorts, has been named to serve as a member of the company’s Board of Managers.
Burke, whose professional experience includes a special focus in the gaming industry, has a
proven, successful track record in areas including performance and profitability
management, risk mitigation and regulatory compliance.
He served as Trump Entertainment’s corporate treasurer, from 1993-2007, and as the
company’s CFO, from 2007-2010.
Commenting on Burke’s appointment, Joe Canfora, PHL Local Gaming’s president, said:
“John Burke’s top-tier, financial management experience at the highest levels of the gaming
industry, will provide invaluable governance-level support to PHL Local Gaming, as we move
through the bidding process for the available casino management license in Philadelphia.
His presence further strengthens our team, in a critical area.”
About PHL Local Gaming
If successful in its bid for the available casino management license in Philadelphia, PHL
Local Gaming LLC plans to open “Casino Revolution,” a high-quality, “destination”-caliber,
250-room hotel and casino, with 2,000 slots, 85 table games, an Italian restaurant, a steak
house, a coffee/espresso bar, a 200-seat banquet/events room and a 156 seat café. The
facility would be located at Front and Pattison Streets, in South Philadelphia.
More information about PHL Local Gaming is available on Facebook.
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