{"id":213871,"date":"2022-05-17T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=213871"},"modified":"2022-05-18T20:09:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T03:09:07","slug":"jane-lynch-is-mayor-of-funner-home-of-harrahs-southern-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/jane-lynch-is-mayor-of-funner-home-of-harrahs-southern-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Lynch Takes Lead In Harrah’s Southern California \u2018Funner’ Ad Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFunner, California\u201d — the town that serves as the backdrop in Harrah\u2019s Resort Southern California advertising campaigns — has a new mayor.<\/p>\n

\"Funner
Actor and comedian Jane Lynch at the Emmy Awards. She’s the new mayor of Funner, Calif. — an ad campaign for Harrah’s Southern California. (Image: Chicago Tribune<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The tribal gaming venue announced Monday that actor Jane Lynch is the new mayor Funner. Lynch, also an acclaimed author and comedian, succeeds Rob Riggle and David Hasselhoff as the fictitious mayor of the gaming town.<\/p>\n

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To be factually accurate, Funner is a real town near Valley Center, Calif. Funner\u2019s origins date back to 201, when the Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians — the gaming venue\u2019s owner — was looking for a unique ad campaign to set itself apart from the dozens of tribal casinos in Southern California.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Funner concept sparked a variety of additions and enhancements to the casino-hotel, with the tribe being devoted to the idea. Though it wasn\u2019t until August that leaders of the tribal council voted to make Funner the home of the integrated resort. That year, Hasselhoff was proclaimed mayor.<\/p>\n

Tribe Gets Mileage Out of Funner<\/h2>\n

The Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians<\/a> is getting bang for its buck with the Funner schtick. It\u2019s gotten to the point that Funner is recognized on freeway signs, and neither Caesars nor the tribe run away from it. Rather, they embrace Funner and all the marketing perks that come along with it.<\/p>\n

Mayor Jane is already hard at work, rolling out a brand new zero-proof cocktail menu, vegan culinary offerings, two custom spa treatments and the trusty mayoral hotline. I cannot wait to see what else she has in store,\u201d<\/strong> said Jill Barrett, senior vice president and general manager of Harrah’s Resort SoCal, in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Harrah\u2019s Southern California is one of roughly 70 tribal casinos in the state. Among that group is Harrah\u2019s Northern California in Ione. That venue is owned by the Buena Vista Band of Me-Wuk Indians.<\/p>\n

In total, Caesars farms out the Harrah\u2019s brand to six tribal casinos across the US, including the aforementioned pair in California, one apiece in Arizona and Indiana, and two in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Harrah\u2019s Venerable Name in Own Right<\/h2>\n

While Funner and its collection of celebrity mayors certainly take the marketing cake, the Harrah\u2019s brand is storied in the gaming industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Harrah\u2019s name trace its origins back to 1937, when William Harrah founded an eponymous bingo hall in Reno, Nevada. The company went public in 1971, and was acquired by the Holiday Inn hotel chain in 1980.<\/p>\n

Harrah\u2019s would eventually become the parent company of Caesars via a $10.4 billion takeover in 2005, but additional corporate actions made Caesars the parent company in 2010.<\/p>\n

Today, the Harrah\u2019s name is on 17 casinos operated by Caesars, including three in Nevada. The operator is planning to pull the brand from New Orleans, making that venue Caesars Palace. But it\u2019s bringing the Harrah\u2019s name to South Florida, renaming Isle Casino Pompano Park later this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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