Fitch Ratings has published updated recovery analyses for the following U.S. gaming operators:
--Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. (including Chester Downs and Marina LLC)
--Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC
--MGM Resorts International
--Boyd Gaming Corporation
--Marina District Finance Company, Inc (Borgata)
--Peninsula Gaming, LLC
--Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.
The interactive recovery analysis worksheets are available at 'www.fitchratings.com' under the following headers:
Sectors >> Corporate Finance >> Corporates >> Research
Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'
Applicable Criteria and Related Research:
--'Recovery Ratings and Notching Criteria for Nonfinancial Corporate Issuers' Nov. 13, 2013;
--'Corporate Rating Methodology' Aug. 05, 2013;
--'U.S. Gaming: Recovery Rating Methodology' April 4, 2008.
Applicable Criteria and Related Research: U.S. Gaming Recovery Models -- Third-Quarter 2013
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=732555
US Gaming: Recovery Rating Methodology
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=381344
Corporate Rating Methodology: Including Short-Term Ratings and Parent and Subsidiary Linkage
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=715139
Recovery Ratings and Notching Criteria for Non-Financial Corporate Issuers
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=721836
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