Argosy Gaming Company Receives Corporate Excellence Award From the Alton Branch of the NAACP at 36th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet

Argosy Gaming Company Receives Corporate Excellence Award From
the Alton Branch of the NAACP at 36th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet 


ALTON, Ill., May 13  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Argosy Gaming Company  was
recognized for its community service efforts by the Alton Branch of the
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its 36th
Annual Freedom Fund Banquet.

Argosy Gaming Company received the Corporate Excellence Award for the support
of the NAACP in the Alton area.  The award recognizes the efforts of both the
Argosy Corporate Office and the management and staff of Argosy's Alton Belle
Casino.

In presenting the award, NAACP branch President James Gray honored Argosy by
stating, "they are good for the city of Alton and good for the Alton area
community."

Argosy Gaming Company President & Chief Executive Officer Richard Glasier
accepted the award and in remarks to the audience stated, "We're very proud to
be a partner with you.  Our employees shop and pay taxes here.  Their children
go to schools here.  We encourage our employees to be active in the community."
 Glasier pointed out the company had created two thousand jobs in Illinois and
some 6,500 nationally.

The NAACP chapter also recognized B.P. America for its corporate efforts, along
with individual awards to honored guests, including Leadership Awards to
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Philip Rarick and Illinois Gaming Board Chairman
Elzie Higginbottom.

The banquet chairman was Argosy Corporate Counsel James Butler, who was
previously honored by the Alton NAACP and has a distinguished career of
professional excellence and dedication to community service.  Also honored at
the banquet was Argosy's Corporate Graphic Designer Becky Lorts, for her
"single-handed" work on the event's Commemorative Program Book.

Argosy Gaming Company is a leading owner and operator of riverboat casinos and
related entertainment and hotel facilities in the midwestern and southern
United States. Argosy owns and operates the Alton Belle Casino in Alton,
Illinois, serving the St. Louis metropolitan market; the Argosy Casino-
Riverside in Missouri, serving the greater Kansas City metropolitan market; the
Argosy Casino-Baton Rouge in Louisiana; the Argosy Casino-Sioux City in Iowa;
the Argosy Casino-Lawrenceburg in Indiana, serving the Cincinnati and Dayton
metropolitan markets; and the Empress Casino Joliet in Illinois serving the
greater Chicagoland market. 

DATASOURCE: Argosy Gaming Company



CONTACT:  Jim Wise, Director of Corporate Communications of Argosy Gaming

Company, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.argosycasinos.com/ 

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