Written question asked by Malcolm Moss (Conservative) on Monday, 12 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 December 2005. It was answered by Richard Caborn (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Anschutz Entertainment Group
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) when (a) Ministers and (b) officials have held meetings with the Anschutz Entertainment Group; where each meeting took place; and which potential sites for casinos were discussed;
- Answer
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DCMS Ministers and officials have met representatives of the Anschutz Entertainment Group and Kerzner International, its partner in the development of the Millennium Dome site, as they have representatives of many companies that may be interested in securing one of the 17 new casino licences permitted by the Gambling Act 2005. The meetings that have been identified are listed in table 1. All these meetings took place in the United Kingdom. Where available, minutes of meetings up to July 2005 have been published on the DCMS website, following requests made under the Freedom of Information Act.
Table 1 DCMS Minister and/or official(s)present Who attended the meeting 15 March 2003 Official(s) Anschutz Entertainment Group 22 January 2004 Lord McIntosh and official(s) Kerzner International 24 May 2004 Lord McIntosh and officials) Kerzner International 23 June 2004 Lord McIntosh and official(s) Overseas casino operators including Kerzner International 8 July 2004 Official(s) Kerzner International 22 July 2004 Official(s) Kerzner International 12 August 2004 Lord McIntosh and official(s) Overseas casino operators 24 February 2005 Lord McIntosh and official(s) Overseas casino operators including Kerzner International 21 March 2005 Lord McIntosh and official(s) Overseas casino operators including Kerzner International 18 May 2005 Official(s) Kerzner International, MGM Mirage, Caesars 18 July 2005 Richard Caborn and official(s) Kerzner International, MGM Mirage, Ameristar, Packer Organisation and Aspinall Group, Sun International 13 September 2005 Official(s) Kerzner International, MGM Mirage, Caesars 30 October 2005 Secretary of State Private dinner hosted by Matthew Freud at which Philip Anschutz and another representative of AEG were present 31 October 2005 Richard Caborn and official(s) Dinner hosted by Lord Heseltine at which Philip Anschutz was present 14 December 2005 Official(s) Kerzner International, MGM Mirage, Harrahs In addition to the meetings listed in table 1, DCMS Ministers and officials with responsibility for gambling issues have also held meetings with other casino operators or their representatives during the last four months. Relevant meetings that have been identified are listed in table 2. Competitions for the 17 new casino premises are not expected to begin until mid-2007, and the identities of the bidding companies will not be known until then.
Table 2 DCMS Minister and/or official(s)present Who attended the meeting 6 September 2005 Secretary of State and official(s) British Casino Association 21 September 2005 Official(s) British Casino Association 27 September 2005 Official(s) British Casino Association 5 October 2005 Richard Caborn and official(s) Dinner including representative of Casino Association of South Africa 6 October 2005 Richard Caborn and official(s) Sun International 19 October 2005 Richard Caborn and official(s) Business in Sport and Leisure, including a representative of Gala plc 4 November 2005 Official(s) London Clubs International 10 November 2005 Secretary of State and official(s) British Casino Association Annual General Meeting 14 November 2005 Official(s) Representatives of gambling industry, including the British Casino Association 16 November 2005 Richard Caborn and official(s) Meeting with Bingo Association, including representative of Gala plc 21 November 2005 Official(s) Rank Group 7 December 2005 Official(s) British Casino Association
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 38049; 440 c2654-6W
- Session
- 2005-06
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Philip Anschutz
Wednesday, 18 April 2007
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- Casinos Licensing Millennium dome Anschutz Entertainment Group
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