{"id":2354326,"date":"2026-04-01T15:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2354326"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:28:17","slug":"golden-entertainment-shareholders-approve-taking-casino-operator-private-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/golden-entertainment-shareholders-approve-taking-casino-operator-private-cdc-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Entertainment shareholders approve taking casino operator private \u2013 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-134389 articleHeight\">\n<header class=\"article-header\" wp_automatic_readability=\"26.828251121076\">\n<p>\nWednesday, April 1, 2026 11:14 AM<\/p>\n<div class=\"ahFull\">\n<div class=\"ahImage\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<section class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"36.774559909143\">\n<div class=\"grid-x authorShare\">\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-4 grid-x align-middle share\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.0697674418605\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline ns-no-print\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2325581395349\">\n<p>Email, LinkedIn, and more<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"CDCart\" wp_automatic_readability=\"34.54347826087\">\n<p>Golden Entertainment announced that at its special meeting Tuesday shareholders approved the adoption of its previously announced master transaction agreement with casino operator CEO and Board Chair Blake Sartini, affiliates, and VICI Properties.<\/p>\n<p>Closing of the transactions to take the company private is anticipated to occur in the second quarter of 2026 and remains subject to regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions, the company announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion of the proposed transactions, the company will no longer be publicly held and its shares will be de-listed from the Nasdaq and de-registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Golden Entertainment announced that it had entered into <strong><a>definitive agreements<\/a><\/strong> to sell its operating assets to Sartini and affiliates and its seven casino real estate assets to VICI Properties Inc. through a sale-leaseback arrangement expected to close mid-2026.<\/p>\n<p>Under the sale-leaseback arrangement, VICI will become Golden\u2019s real estate partner for seven Nevada casino properties: Golden flagship property The STRAT Hotel, Casino &amp; Tower; Arizona Charlie\u2019s Decatur and Arizona Charlie\u2019s Boulder in the Las Vegas locals market; the Aquarius and Edgewater Casino Resorts in Laughlin; and the Nugget Hotel &amp; Casino and Lakeside Hotel &amp; Casino in Pahrump. Golden will continue to own the real estate for Gold Town Casino in Pahrump. Golden Entertainment also operates 72 gaming taverns in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>The $30 per-share value at signing represents a 41% premium on Golden\u2019s closing price on November 5.<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"134389\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p> <!-- end article section --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"box-standout author-tagline\">\n<div class=\"grid-x\">\n<div class=\"cell shrink\">\n<div class=\"authorIm authorIm-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Buck-Wargo-Author-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Buck Wargo\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"cell auto\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.875\">\n<div class=\"author-tagline-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"37\">\n<p><strong>Buck Wargo<\/strong> brings decades of business and gambling industry journalism experience to CDC Gaming from his home in Las Vegas. If it\u2019s happening in Nevada, he\u2019s got his finger on it. A former journalist with the <em data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"338\">Los Angeles Times<\/em> and <em data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"358\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Las Vegas Sun<\/em>, Buck covers gaming, development and real estate.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<p> <!-- end article footer --><br \/>\n <!-- end article --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t <!-- end #main --><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- end #inner-content --><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source cdcgaming.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, April 1, 2026 11:14 AM Email, LinkedIn, and more Golden Entertainment announced that at its special meeting Tuesday shareholders approved the adoption of its previously announced master transaction agreement with casino operator CEO and Board Chair Blake Sartini, affiliates, and VICI Properties. 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