Penn National Gaming and VICI Properties are buying the Greektown Casino-Hotel from Dan GilbertGETTY IMAGES
Four members of the Michigan Gaming Control Board "gave final approval" on Tuesday for the $1B sale of Cavaliers Owner DAN GILBERT's Greektown Casino-Hotel, which will become final "later this week." The regulators "voted unanimously in favor of the sale" by Gilbert's Jack Entertainment to two "casino-related firms: casino operator Penn National Gaming and a real estate investment trust, VICI Properties" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 5/22).
THE GOOD STUFF: Eagles OT LANE JOHNSON is "donating $500,000 to Kilgore College to help build a state-of-the-art training facility for all Rangers athletes," which will be called "The Lane" Athletic Performance Center (PHILLY.com, 5/22)....Colts QB ANDREW LUCK yesterday "entertained more than a dozen energetic kids, reading books and passing around footballs" at the Indianapolis Children's Museum (INDYSTAR.com, 5/22)....Former MLBer BERNIE WILLIAMS yesterday went to DC to "secure funding for music and the arts in public schools," where he met with "over a dozen Congressional representatives" (NORTHJERSEY.com, 5/22).
NAMES: IndyCar driver SAGE KARAM “races only one month out of a year.” Off and on for the other 11 months, he “works as a model.” At the Long Beach Grand Prix in ‘16, Karam's then-manager “occupied the idea of modeling as a way for him to stand out in a competitive racing industry.” Not long after, he was signing as a Wilhelmina model. Karam “appeared in the Saks Fifth Avenue Fall/Winter catalog" (JOURNALGAZETTE.net, 5/22)...."THE CONNERS" executive producers SARA GILBERT and Red Sox Chair TOM WERNER -- who also executive produced “ROSEANNE” -- have “teamed up to launch a production company, sara + tom” (DEADLINE.com, 5/21)....Golfer ARIYA JUTANUGARN’s story will be the subject of a movie produced by Transformation Films. Jutanugarn attended the trailer premiere in Thailand, with the movie “set to premier in August” (DAILYPRESS.com, 5/22)....A "massive new exhibition and entertainment hall is set to open" at Graceland in Tennessee, with "three museum-style exhibits, including one focused on the life and career" of the late MUHAMMAD ALI (AP, 5/23)....LMFAO's REDFOO will serve as an assistant coach for the World TeamTennis' Vegas Rollers (THE DAILY).
