Nobu Hotel and Restaurant New Orleans are set to open within the newly created Caesars New Orleans, following a multimillion-dollar transformation of Harrah\u2019s New Orleans,\u201d according to the Nobu Hotels website.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The site indicates the New Orleans property should be open in late 2024. In Las Vegas, Nobu also has restaurant locations at Caesars-operated Paris and the Virgin Hotel in addition to Caesars Palace.<\/p>\n
Blackstone Wants Crown Focusing on Gaming<\/h2>\n Crown\u2019s divestment of its Nobu stake was reportedly the result of Blackstone wanting the gaming to focus on its core competencies of casino hotel operations. The private equity giant shelled out $6.6 billion for the Aussie gaming firm in 2022, pledging an array of improvements to bolster Crown\u2019s position in its home country and its appeal to bettors throughout the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n
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Blackstone is intimately familiar with the casino business. It owned and operated the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip before selling those operating rights to MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) for $1.6 billion. The private equity firm also has an array of successes in the world of casino real estate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In December 2022, it sold its 49.9% interest in Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand to VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) for $4.27 billion. It sold Cosmopolitan\u2019s property to VICI for more than $4 billion and is still the majority owner of Bellagio\u2019s real estate<\/a>. Blackstone also owns the property assets of Aria and Vdara, both of which are also operated by MGM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crown Resorts, the Australian casino operator controlled by US private equity Blackstone (NYSE: BX), sold its 20% interest in the posh Nobu hotel-restaurant chain. As is often par for the course with Blackstone, an impressive profit was wrung from the divestment. Crown reportedly grossed $180 million by selling its Nobu interest after buying into the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":325034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,10],"tags":[81913,81903],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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