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Isle of Capri Company Profile

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. is a developer, owner and operator of branded gaming facilities and related lodging and entertainment facilities in markets in the United States and internationally. It wholly owns and operates 11 gaming facilities in the United States located in Lake Charles and Bossier City, Louisiana; Lula, Biloxi, Vicksburg and Natchez, Mississippi; Kansas City and Boonville, Missouri, and Bettendorf, Davenport and Marquette, Iowa. It also owns a 57% interest in, and receives management fees for operating, two gaming facilities in Black Hawk, Colorado. Only one of these gaming facilities operates under the name Isle of Capri and features a tropical island theme. The Company's international gaming interests include a wholly owned casino in Freeport, Grand Bahama, and a two-thirds ownership interest in casinos in Dudley, Wolverhampton, and Walsall, England. It also wholly owns and operates a pari-mutuel harness racing facility in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Isle of Capri News
Isle of Capri History

1990: The company is incorporated as the Kana Corporation

1992: The company changes its named to Anubis II Corporation, then Casino American, and opens the Isle of Capri Biloxi, the first legal casino in Mississippi

1993: Isle-Vicksburg opens in temporary facility

1994: Permanent Isle-Vicksburg opens

1994: Isle-Bossier City (Louisiana) opens

1995: $50 million improvement project, including new hotel, completed at Isle-Biloxi

1995: Isle-Lake Charles (Louisiana) opens

1995: Isle acquires Pompano Park, a harness racing track located in Pompano Beach, Florida

1996: Isle-Lake Charles opens a new $30 million, 105,000 square foot land- based pavilion with non-gaming amenties, and a second casino riverboat

1997: A limited stakes poker room opened at Pompano Park

1998: Isle-Black Hawk (Colorado) opens (Isle is 57% owner and operator)

1998: Isle formed Capri Cruises, a joint venture with Commodore Cruise Lines, owning a 50% interest and operating the casino on the Enchanted Capri cruise ship based in the Port of New Orleans.

1999: Isle acquires Harrah's Tunica, renames it Isle of Capri Tunica

2000: Isle acquires the Lady Luck Las Vegas (downtown)

2000: Isle acquires the Lady Luck casino in Coahoma County, Mississippi, and rebrands it as the Isle of Capri Lula

2000: Isle acquires the Lady Luck casino in Bettendorf, Iowa, and rebrands it as the Isle of Capri Bettendorf

2000: Isle acquires the Lady Luck casino in Natchez, Mississippi, and rebrands it as the Isle of Capri Natchez

2000: Isle acquires the Miss Marquette casino in Marquette, Iowa, and rebrands it as the Isle of Capri Marquette

2000: Isle acquires the Flamingo Hilton casino in Kansas City, Missouri, and rebrands it as the Isle of Capri Kansas City

2000: Isle acquires Rhythm City-Davenport

2000: Corporate name officially becomes "Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc."

2001: Isle-Boonville (Missouri) opened

2002: Isle-Tunica sold

2002: Lady Luck Las Vegas sold

2003: Colorado Central Station-Black Hawk opens (57% stake)

2003: Colorado Grande-Cripple Creek opens (57% stake)

2003: Isle approved to own casinos in the United Kingdom

2003: Isle acquired a two-thirds interest in Blue Chip Casinos, PLC, (United Kindgom)

2003: Blue Chip-Dudley (UK) opens

2003: Isle opened a new wholly owned gaming facility at Our Lucaya Beach and Golf Resort in Freeport, Bahamas

2004: Blue Chip-Wolverhampton (UK) opens

2004: Blue Chip-Walsall (UK) opens

2005: Colorado Grande-Cripple Creek sold

Isle of Capri: Current Properties

Mississippi

Isle of Capri Biloxi

Isle of Capri Natchez

Isle of Capri Lula

Isle of Capri Vicksburg

Louisiana

Isle of Capri Boosier City

Isle of Capri Lake Charles

Missouri

Isle of Capri Boonville

Isle of Capri Kansas City

Iowa

Isle of Capri Bettendorf

Isle of Capri Marquette

Isle of Capri Davenport

Colorado

Isle of Capri Black Hawk

Colorado Central Station

Florida

Pompana Park Racing

Bahamas

Isle of Capri Casino at Our Lucaya

United Kingdom

Blue Chip-Dudley

Blue Chip-Wolverhampton

Blue Chip-Walsall

Isle of Capri: Financial Info online

Publicly-accessible sites

Google Finance profile

Yahoo company profile

Reuters company profile

InvestorGuide company profile

Isle of Capri Investor Relations

SEC filings (SEC Site) | SEC filings (finance.yahoo)

Annual Reports (2003-2005)

For more detailed information, check out these databases. Note: use is restricted to current UNLV faculty, staff, and students.

Isle of Capri: Gaming Collection/UNLV Holdings

UNLV Gaming Collection main page

Financial filings

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Promotional and Public Relations materials

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