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GAMING VESSEL UPDATE

Specifying The Equipment: The Builder

And Tne Owner

Perhaps as debated as "which came first, the chicken or the egg," there seems no consensus on who specifies the marine ma- chinery built into new gaming vessels. After asking interviewees point blank "whochoses the equipment for the vessels ?, "there is still no consensus, but some interesting replies. • Owners typically are not marine related, and they are looking to get a casino on a boat. It is no doubt that the level of the interior is far and above anything, including dinner excursion boats. They have interior design- ers that go all out to make them look very plush and appealing. The (four) Hilton boats (currently under construction) were designed in-house; we developed the specs and they were owner-approved.—Gary Lipely, sales and marketing, Trinity Marine Group. •We basically decide what we need to have, equipment-wise, to have a competitive boat.

We have a lot to do with the selection of the various equipment, as we have a good feel for it because of our experience. Our naval architects have a say, but the final decision on ship machinery is Argosy's. —Steven Norton,

Argosy Gaming Co. • If they've done their homework and have their own naval architects, they specify the equipment. In our experience with conversion and new construction, we have specified equip- ment I'd say 90 percent of the time. We make equipment choices easy, as we have 25 stan- dard riverboat designs they can go through and pick out relative to their needs. — Larry

Hairston, director of marketing and sales,

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co. Inc. • We look to them for their expertise...Hilton

Hotels is not a shipbuilder.—Marc Grossman, vice president, corporate communications,

Hilton Hotels, Co.

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