Caesars Entertainment Corp. has named a regional president for its three Atlantic City casinos. Ronald Bauman will oversee Bally’s Atlantic City, Caesars Atlantic City, and Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City as well as Caesars Interactive.
The Casino Control Commission was tentatively scheduled to consider approving a temporary casino key employee license for Baumann Oct. 2, according to the Press of Atlantic City.
Baumann is no stranger to Atlantic City. For more than 17 years, he held senior leadership positions at multiple resort properties operated by Caesars. He is currently general manager and senior vice president of Indiana Grand Racing & Casino in Shelbyville, Indiana.
The position at Caesars opened up when former regional president Kevin Ortzman left the company in August.
Ortzman had been president of the Casino Association of New Jersey and a member of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority executive board. The governor’s office has not named a replacement for Ortzman’s seat on the CRDA. Steve Callender, senior vice president of operations for the East Region of Tropicana Atlantic City’s parent company, Eldorado Resorts Inc., was recently appointed president of the CANJ.
Bauman’s appointment comes as Eldorado and Caesars work on an $18.3 billion merger that would create the largest gaming company in the United States with nearly 60 casino properties in 16 states, including four of the nine casinos in Atlantic City. The deal is still pending shareholder approval as well as permission from federal and state regulators.
A former employee filed a wrongful termination suit against Ortzman in May. Caesars responded in July and denied the allegations against Ortzman and the company.
