Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.
Company typePublic company
FoundedNovember 1, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-11-01)
HeadquartersWyomissing, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Revenue$1.3 billion[1] (2022)
$703 million[1] (2022)
Total assets$10.9 billion[1] (2022)
Number of employees
17[2] (2022)
Websiteglpropinc.com

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in casino properties, based in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. It was formed in November 2013 as a corporate spin-off from Penn National Gaming. The company owns 57 casino properties, all of which are leased to other companies.

History

The company was created as a corporate spin-off from Penn National Gaming (now Penn Entertainment), effective November 1, 2013.[3] The corporate breakup was designed to increase investor returns by taking advantage of the lack of federal income taxes on REITs.[4]

In November 2013, GLPI agreed to finance a proposed billion-dollar casino in Milford, Massachusetts,[5] but the project was killed days later when town voters rejected the casino.[6]

In January 2014, the company acquired the real estate assets of the Casino Queen in East St. Louis, Illinois for $140 million, and leased them back to the casino's operating company for $14 million a year. GLPI also loaned $43 million to the casino.[7]

The company's Argosy Casino in Sioux City, Iowa was forced to close in July 2014, and GLPI then sold the casino's real estate.[8]

In May 2014, GLPI agreed to buy The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in western Pennsylvania from Cannery Casino Resorts for $465 million. The company said it would sell the facility's license to a third-party operator, while retaining ownership of the land and buildings.[9] The deal ran into trouble, with GLPI filing a lawsuit accusing Cannery of fraud in October 2014; the lawsuit was eventually settled with an agreement on a reduced purchase price of $440 million.[10]

After casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment announced its own plan in November 2014 to spin-off a REIT with the real estate assets of its 15 casinos,[11] GLPI approached Pinnacle with an offer to buy those assets, which it said would be simpler and faster than Pinnacle's plan.[12] Pinnacle did not respond to the offer, so GLPI went public with its offer in March 2015.[12] In July, the companies reached a deal for GLPI to buy 14 of Pinnacle's 15 properties for $4.75 billion in stock, and lease them back to Pinnacle, with rent starting at $377 million per year.[13] The acquisition was completed in April 2016.[14] GLPI also completed its purchase of The Meadows in September 2016 and sold the racetrack operation to Pinnacle for $138 million.[15][16]

In May 2015, GLPI agreed to finance the real estate portion of a proposed $650-million casino in New Bedford, Massachusetts,[17] but the plan was canceled months later after developers failed to secure the rest of the needed funding.[18]

In May 2017, GLPI purchased the real estate assets of Bally's Casino Tunica and Resorts Casino Tunica for a total of $83 million, while Penn National simultaneously acquired their operating assets.[19][20]

In October 2018, the company acquired the real estate of five casinos from Tropicana Entertainment for $964 million. The purchase was part of a three-way deal in which Eldorado Resorts simultaneously acquired Tropicana's operating business and leased the casinos from GLPI for a total of $88 million per year.[21]

Weeks later, GLPI completed a four-way deal that saw its two largest tenants combine into one, as Penn National acquired Pinnacle. GLPI also gained a new tenant in Boyd Gaming, which purchased the operations of three of Pinnacle's leased properties. In connection with the merger, GLPI acquired the real estate of Plainridge Park Casino from Penn National for $250 million, and lent $58 million to Boyd to acquire the real estate of Belterra Park.[22][23] GLPI later acquired ownership of Belterra Park in satisfaction of the loan.[24]

In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn National faced the prospect of financial issues brought on by resort closures. As a result, it sold the real estate of the Tropicana Las Vegas to GLPI for $338 million in rent credits.[25] Penn National would continue to operate the Tropicana for another two years, or until the resort were sold.[26]

GLPI took ownership of Lumière Place from Caesars Entertainment (formerly Eldorado Resorts) in October 2020, in satisfaction of a $246 million loan.[27]

In 2021, GLPI sold the operations of its two owned-and-operated casinos for a total of $59 million, to focus on its core business of real estate.[28] The operating business of Hollywood Casino Perryville was sold to Penn National, while that of Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge was sold to Casino Queen.[29][30]

In June 2021, GLPI added Bally's Corporation as a new tenant, purchasing the Dover Downs racino for $144 million.[31] GLPI also agreed to sell the operations of the Tropicana Las Vegas to Bally's and to buy two other casinos from Bally's for $150 million, and obtained a right of first refusal to buy future casinos developed by Bally's.[32] Two more properties (Bally's Tiverton and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi) were acquired from Bally's in 2023 for $635 million.[33]

In December 2021, GLPI reached a deal with the Cordish Companies to purchase three casino properties (Live Casino Philadelphia, Live Casino Maryland, and Live Casino Pittsburgh) for a total of $1.8 billion and lease them back for a total of $125 million per year, and to partner with Cordish in future casino projects.[34] The purchase was completed in March 2022.[35]

In 2023, GLPI purchased the land where the Hard Rock Casino was being built in Rockford, Illinois, for $100 million.[36]

Properties

Gaming and Leisure Properties owns the following properties:[37]

Leased to Bally's Corporation

Leased to Boyd Gaming

Leased to Caesars Entertainment

Leased to Cordish Companies

Leased to CQ Holding

Leased to Penn Entertainment

Leased to others

Former properties

References

  1. ^ a b c Form 10-K: Annual Report (Report). Gaming and Leisure Properties. February 23, 2023. pp. 65–66 – via EDGAR.
  2. ^ Form 10-K: Annual Report (Report). Gaming and Leisure Properties. February 23, 2023. p. 25 – via EDGAR.
  3. ^ Jamison Cocklin (November 2, 2013). "Penn National forms spin-off company for tax breaks on real estate". Youngstown Vindicator. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  4. ^ Dimitra Defotis (November 16, 2012). "Penn National Gaming hits jackpot". Barron's. Retrieved 2013-11-07. (subscription required)
  5. ^ Bob Salsberg (November 16, 2013). "Foxwoods Group Has Mass. Casino Finance Deal". CBS Boston. AP. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  6. ^ Mark Arsenault; Ellen Ishkanian (November 19, 2013). "Milford voters reject Foxwoods-backed casino plan". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  7. ^ "Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. closes acquisition of the real estate assets related to the Casino Queen in East St. Louis for $140 million" (Press release). Gaming and Leisure Properties. January 23, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  8. ^ Form 10-K: Annual Report (Report). Gaming and Leisure Properties. February 27, 2015. p. 37 – via EDGAR.
  9. ^ Paul J. Gough (May 14, 2014). "New Meadows owner has short history, familiar name, big growth plans". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  10. ^ Howard Stutz (December 16, 2015). "Legal matters resolved, GLPI acquires Cannery's Pittsburgh racetrack". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  11. ^ Howard Stutz (November 6, 2014). "Pinnacle Entertainment plans to split off casinos into a REIT". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  12. ^ a b Howard Stutz (March 9, 2015). "GLPI offers $4.1 billion for Pinnacle Entertainment's real estate". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  13. ^ Howard Stutz (July 21, 2015). "Pinnacle, GLPI agree on $4.75B merger". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  14. ^ "Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. completes the previously announced acquisition of the real estate assets of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc" (Press release). Pinnacle Entertainment. April 28, 2016. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  15. ^ Paul J. Gough (March 30, 2016). "Meadows license, gaming assets sold for $138M". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  16. ^ Paul J. Gough (September 12, 2016). "Meadows Casino now under new ownership". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  17. ^ Mike Lawrence (May 4, 2015). "New Bedford casino developer names big new partners, meets state financial deadline". The Standard-Times. New Bedford, MA. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  18. ^ "Officials mull future after New Bedford casino plan scrapped". Boston Herald. AP. July 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  19. ^ Form 10-Q: Quarterly Report (Report). Gaming & Leisure Properties. May 3, 2017. p. 8 – via EDGAR.
  20. ^ Form 10-Q: Quarterly Report (Report). Penn National Gaming. May 3, 2017. p. 23 – via EDGAR.
  21. ^ "Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. completes previously announced acquisition of the real estate assets of Tropicana Entertainment" (Press release). Gaming and Leisure Properties. October 1, 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-11 – via GlobeNewswire.
  22. ^ "Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. announces completion of acquisitions and lease modifications to accommodate the acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. by Penn National Gaming, Inc" (Press release). Gaming and Leisure Properties. October 15, 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  23. ^ Todd Prince (October 15, 2018). "Penn National Gaming completes $2.8B acquisition of Pinnacle". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  24. ^ Form 10-Q: Quarterly Report (Report). Gaming and Leisure Properties. October 28, 2020. p. 8 – via EDGAR.
  25. ^ Velotta, Richard N. (March 27, 2020). "Penn Gaming to furlough 26K workers, selling Tropicana real estate". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  26. ^ Schulz, Bailey (April 20, 2020). "Penn finalizes sale of Tropicana real estate on Las Vegas Strip". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  27. ^ Form 10-Q: Quarterly Report (Report). Gaming & Leisure Properties. October 28, 2020. p. 9 – via EDGAR.
  28. ^ "Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. announces sale and lease transactions" (Press release). Gaming & Leisure Properties. December 15, 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  29. ^ Evan Jones (December 30, 2021). "Gaming and Leisure completes deal for Maryland casino". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  30. ^ "Penn National Gaming completes acquisition of Hollywood Casino Perryville operations" (Press release). Penn National Gaming. July 1, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-04 – via BusinessWire.
  31. ^ "Bally's Corporation completes acquisition of Tropicana Evansville casino" (Press release). Bally's Corporation. June 4, 2021 – via EDGAR.
  32. ^ Matthew Crowley (May 3, 2021). "Deals with Bally's Corp. dominates Gaming and Leisure Properties earnings call". CDC Gaming Reports. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  33. ^ Donna Rovins (January 4, 2023). "Gaming and Leisure Properties acquires real estate assets of Bally's properties". Pottstown Mercury. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  34. ^ Hallie Miller (December 6, 2021). "Baltimore-based Cordish Cos. to sell three casino properties to real estate investment trust, lease them back". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  35. ^ Laura Smythe (March 3, 2022). "Penn National spinoff closes on $674M real estate deal including Live! Casino Philadelphia". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  36. ^ Buck Wargo (August 29, 2023). "GLPI acquires Hard Rock Casino site in Rockford, Illinois". CDC Gaming Reports. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  37. ^ "Our Portfolio". Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. Retrieved 2014-05-18.

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