Ameristar Casinos Inc. has a combined player's club much like Caesars Entertainment and the new MGM Resorts program. Ameristar has eight casinos and one card is good for racking-up points at all eight. In an earlier blog I never intended to imply that no other casino group had such a deal, only that MGM and Caesars have grown to such gargantuan proportions that they are dominating some markets - like Las Vegas.
Ameristar is a more sanguine group than the above, and it has remained buoyant in the troubled waters that hit the casino industry (and all businesses) over the past few years. You could never say the group is a stick-in-the-mud.
In the past they have made a habit of appointing new property managers who have mixed and varied backgrounds, instead of staying with a single discipline, and this gives them flexibility.
Most recently, Ameristar announced they had promoted Sheleen Quish to Senior Vice President of Information Technology and Human Resources. Said Larry Hodges, Ameristar's President and Chief Operating Officer: "This dual role will allow her to shape integrated, result-oriented and profit-focused teams in every department."
I find this most interesting because I have a prejudicial mindset about jobs and workers. I think of IT people as being in their own little cyber-worlds, barely needing bread and water to live, much less other people. And, I think of HR people as being much more touchy-feely and being heavily integrated (and nosey) about the jobs and lives of employees. That makes Sheleen Quish's dual role quite intriguing. I think I like it.
By the way, Ameristar is Las Vegas-based now after being founded in 1954 in Jackpot, Nevada, where the company owns and operates the Horseshu and Cactus Petes casinos. Other Ameristar casinos are found in St. Charles and Kansas City, MO - East Chicago, IN - Council Bluffs, IA - Vicksburg, MI - and Black Hawk, CO.
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