According to revenues reported to the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB), MotorCity Casino's revenues for Summer 2008 (Jun-Aug) were down 6.5% over Summer 2007; a cummulative drop of $7,360,114.51 in reported revenue for the period. In June alone, revenues fell 10%.
Given Moody's and Standard & Poor's have both previously indicated concerns that MotorCity Casino's parent company CCM Merger, Inc. was over leveraged and reflected those concerns by downgrading the entity's credit ratings during the last year; the 6.5% drop in Summer revenues would understandbly be of renewed concern to investors and creditors who are owed upwards of $1 billion -- especially if either Moody's or Standard & Poor's were to downgrade CCM Merger's credit ratings again.
Summer 2007 - cummulative revenue: $126,101,544.42
Summer 2008 - cummulative revenue: $118,741,429.91
It appears the bump in revenues that Marian Ilitch's Detroit gambling hall realized after she opened its expanded gaming floor (25% larger) in June 2007 hasn't been sustained during 2008 -- not even with the November 2007 addition of a 400-room luxury hotel and other amenities to the casino resort property.
In recent months, Ilitch has leveraged her family's affiliated foundation, sports teams and other businesses in a desperate attempt to pull out all the stops and drive traffic to MotorCity Casino -- but even that hasn't helped sustain revenues.
Revenue Source: Michigan Gaming Control Board
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