Park Place To Keep Las Vegas Hilton

By LISA SNEDEKER
Associated Press Writer
January 16, 2001
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Park Place Entertainment Corp. officials say they will continue to own the Las Vegas Hilton after a Los Angeles developer failed to close the deal by Monday's deadline.

Park Place executives announced earlier this month that a dispute had arisen over completing the $365 million sale of the struggling hotel-casino.

Ed Roski Jr., owner of the Silverton hotel-casino in Las Vegas and developer of the $400 million Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, already paid a $20 million deposit for the Hilton.

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