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MGM Mirage on Monday named Lorenzo Creighton as president of the company's New York-New York property.

MGM Mirage reports that Lorenzo Creighton has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of New York-New York Hotel & Casino.

Lorenzo Creighton has resigned his post at Caesars Entertainment Inc. to join the top management at MGM Mirage's New York-New York resort across the Strip, according to sources familiar with the move.

MGM Mirage's Big Apple-themed New York-New York resort could get some new polish if the gaming company's $7.9 billion acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group is completed as proposed.

Spurred by the current rage of pokermania, table games will make a resurgence in casinos, an MGM MIRAGE executive says.

Now, for the first time since it was built in 1997 at the intersection of the Strip and Tropicana Avenue, New York-New York hotel-casino is getting a new $10 million marquee sign.