Bally’s Completes Previously Announced Sale Lease-Back of Bally’s Kansas City and Bally’s Shreveport to Gaming and Leisure Properties
2024年12月17日 - 9:00PM
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Aggregate Transaction Valued at $395
Million
Bally’s Corporation (NYSE: BALY and BALY.T) ("Bally’s”) today
announced that it has completed the previously announced sale
lease-back of certain real property interests underlying Bally’s
Kansas City and Bally’s Shreveport to Gaming and Leisure
Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLPI) (“GLPI”) in a transaction valued at
$395 million in the aggregate, inclusive of $7 million in LP units
and $388 million in cash. The sale lease-back consideration
includes approximately $56 million reimbursement of prior capital
expenditures at the properties, with the balance as gross sale
proceeds. Bally’s will use the proceeds from the sale lease-back
transaction to pay down amounts drawn against its $620 million
revolving credit facility, of which $350 million was drawn as of
September 30, 2024, with the balance to be allocated for capital
expenditures and general corporate purposes.
The leases for Bally’s Kansas City and Bally’s Shreveport have
been added to a new Master Lease (“MLA#2”) that is cross-defaulted
with Bally's existing Master Lease with GLPI. Initial cash rent for
MLA#2 is $32.2 million on an annual basis, including customary
annual escalators.
Marcus Glover, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Bally’s, commented, “We are pleased to complete this
transaction as it further solidifies Bally’s financial position and
enhances Bally’s strong strategic partnership with GLPI. The
proceeds from the monetization of the real estate underlying our
Kansas City and Shreveport properties provide us with additional
liquidity and flexibility to deploy capital towards our permanent
casino project in Chicago and other exciting growth
opportunities.”
About Bally’s Corporation
Bally’s Corporation is a global casino-entertainment company
with a growing omni-channel presence, currently owning and managing
15 casinos across 10 states, a golf course in New York, a horse
racetrack in Colorado, and having access to OSB licenses in 18
states. The recent acquisition of Aspers Casino in Newcastle, UK,
further expands its international footprint and enhances its
diverse entertainment offerings. It also owns Bally’s Interactive
International, formerly Gamesys Group, a leading, global,
interactive gaming operator, Bally Bet, a first-in-class sports
betting platform, and Bally Casino, a growing iCasino platform.
With 10,600 employees, the Company’s casino operations include
approximately 15,300 slot machines, 580 table games, and 3,800
hotel rooms. Bally’s also has rights to developable land in Las
Vegas post the closure of the Tropicana.
Upon completion of the announced merger with The Queen Casino
& Entertainment Inc. (“Queen”), the above portfolio is expected
to be supplemented with four additional casinos across three
states, one of which will be an additional state that expands
Bally’s jurisdiction of operations to include the state of Iowa.
Queen will also add over 900 employees, and operations that
currently include approximately 2,400 slot machines, 50 table
games, and 150 hotel rooms to the Bally’s portfolio. Bally’s will
also become the successor of Queen’s significant economic stake in
a global lottery management and services business through its
investment in Intralot S.A. (ATSE: INLOT).
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking
statements may generally be identified by the use of words such as
“anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan” and “will” or,
in each case, their negative, or other variations or comparable
terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters
that are not historical facts. By their nature, forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to
events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the
future. As a result, these statements are not guarantees of future
performance and actual events may differ materially from those
expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Any
forward-looking statement made by Bally’s in this press release,
its reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) and other public statements made from time-to-time speak
only as of the date made. New risks and uncertainties come up from
time to time, and it is impossible for Bally’s to predict or
identify all such events or how they may affect it. Bally’s has no
obligation, and does not intend, to update any forward-looking
statements after the date hereof, except as required by federal
securities laws. Factors that could cause these differences include
those included in Bally’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed by Bally’s with the
SEC. These statements constitute Bally’s cautionary statements
under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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Investor Contacts Marcus Glover Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 401-475-8564 IR@ballys.com
JCIR Joseph Jaffoni James Leahy Richard Land 212-835-8500
baly@jcir.com
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