goodwill award press release - plaza hotel &...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michele Voelkening May 9, 2015 7026104064 PLAZA HOTEL & CASINO TO BE HONORED AT GOODWILL’S ANNUAL COMMUNITY RECOGNITION LUNCH (LAS VEGAS) – Goodwill of Southern Nevada will honor The Plaza Hotel & Casino at its annual Community Recognition lunch that will be held at the showroom at the Stratosphere Casino Hotel on Thursday, March 5, 2015. The Plaza will be recognized as a “Community Partner” for their support for the local Goodwill chapter. “We are humbled and honored to be recognized as a Community Partner of Goodwill,” said Michael Pergolini, Vice President of The Plaza parent company PlayLV. “The last several years have presented great hardships on so many levels for so many and as a community we need to come together and help each other just like any other team would do.” The Plaza has shown ongoing support for Goodwill by donating items from its Lost and Found collection. Last year The Plaza donated 16,407 pounds of Lost and Found items. The items are then sold at The Goodwill retail outlets and the revenue is used to support Goodwill’s job training and placement programs. Located at the crest of the historic Downtown District in Las Vegas, The Plaza Hotel and Casino combines a vintage Rat Pack attitude with modern styling for the ultimate Vegas experience. Originally built in 1971 on the site of the original Las Vegas railroad depot, The Plaza boasts 1,003 rooms and suites recently renovated with customdesigned Mark David furnishings, a 500seat classic Vegas showroom with nationally recognized entertainment, and a variety of dining venues led by the worldfamous Oscar’s BeefBoozeBroads steakhouse in the iconic Dome overlooking the Fremont Street Experience. The Plaza also has more than 500 slot machines and favorite table games, Downtown’s largest Race and Sports Book with 75 flat screen televisions, Downtown’s only Bingo Hall, and 30,000 square feet of ballroom and meeting space. The hotel is owned and managed by PlayLV Gaming, which also owns and operates the Las Vegas Club Casino. ###

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Page 1: Goodwill award press release - Plaza Hotel & Casinoand!the!revenue!is!used!to!support!Goodwill’s!job!training!and!placement!programs.!! Located!at!the!crest!of!the!historic!Downtown!District!in!Las!Vegas,!The!Plaza!Hotel!and!Casino!combines!a!

   

FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE             Contact:  Michele  Voelkening  May  9,  2015                    702-­‐610-­‐4064  

 

PLAZA  HOTEL  &  CASINO  TO  BE  HONORED  AT  GOODWILL’S  ANNUAL    

COMMUNITY  RECOGNITION  LUNCH  

 

(LAS  VEGAS)  –  Goodwill  of  Southern  Nevada  will  honor  The  Plaza  Hotel  &  Casino  at  its  annual  Community  Recognition  lunch  that  will  be  held  at  the  showroom  at  the  Stratosphere  Casino  Hotel  on  Thursday,  March  5,  2015.    The  Plaza  will  be  recognized  as  a  “Community  Partner”  for  their  support  for  the  local  Goodwill  chapter.          

“We  are  humbled  and  honored  to  be  recognized  as  a  Community  Partner  of  Goodwill,”  said  Michael  Pergolini,  Vice  President  of  The  Plaza  parent  company  PlayLV.    “The  last  several  years  have  presented  great  hardships  on  so  many  levels  for  so  many  and  as  a  community  we  need  to  come  together  and  help  each  other  just  like  any  other  team  would  do.”  

The  Plaza  has  shown  ongoing  support  for  Goodwill  by  donating  items  from  its  Lost  and  Found  collection.      Last  year  The  Plaza  donated  16,407  pounds  of  Lost  and  Found  items.    The  items  are  then  sold  at  The  Goodwill  retail  outlets  and  the  revenue  is  used  to  support  Goodwill’s  job  training  and  placement  programs.    

Located  at  the  crest  of  the  historic  Downtown  District  in  Las  Vegas,  The  Plaza  Hotel  and  Casino  combines  a  vintage  Rat  Pack  attitude  with  modern  styling  for  the  ultimate  Vegas  experience.    Originally  built  in  1971  on  the  site  of  the  original  Las  Vegas  railroad  depot,  The  Plaza  boasts  1,003  rooms  and  suites  recently  renovated  with  custom-­‐designed  Mark  David  furnishings,  a  500-­‐seat  classic  Vegas  showroom  with  nationally  recognized  entertainment,  and  a  variety  of  dining  venues  led  by  the  world-­‐famous  Oscar’s  Beef-­‐Booze-­‐Broads  steakhouse  in  the  iconic  Dome  overlooking  the  Fremont  Street  Experience.  The  Plaza  also  has  more  than  500  slot  machines  and  favorite  table  games,  Downtown’s  largest  Race  and  Sports  Book  with  75  flat  screen  televisions,  Downtown’s  only  Bingo  Hall,  and  30,000  square  feet  of  ballroom  and  meeting  space.  The  hotel  is  owned  and  managed  by  PlayLV  Gaming,  which  also  owns  and  operates  the  Las  Vegas  Club  Casino.  

 

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