Fitch Ratings updates recovery analyses for US gaming operators

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Fitch Ratings has published updated recovery analyses for the following U.S. gaming operators:

--Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC
--Caesars Growth Properties Holdings, LLC
--MGM Resorts International
--Boyd Gaming Corporation
--Marina District Finance Company, Inc. (Borgata)
--Peninsula Gaming, LLC
--Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

Fitch also includes a recovery analysis for Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., which had its ratings withdrawn on Apr. 22, 2015 following the Chapter 11 filing on Jan. 15, 2015.

The interactive recovery analysis worksheets are available at the Fitch Ratings website 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. 18, 2014;
--'Corporate Rating Methodology' Aug. 17, 2015.
U.S. Gaming Recovery Tools (Second-Quarter 2015): https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=870941

Applicable Criteria:
Corporate Rating Methodology - Including Short-Term Ratings and Parent and Subsidiary Linkage (pub. 28 May 2014): https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=749393
Recovery Ratings and Notching Criteria for Non-Financial Corporate Issuers (pub. 18 Nov 2014): https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=813588.




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