![]() ![]() ![]() Its sprawling 125,000 square foot facility now boasts a spacious Event Center that is the talk of Los Angeles. Featuring 190 tables and considered one of the country's largest card emporiums, the Bike offers all games of skill from Poker to Black Jack, 3-Card Poker, EZ Baccarat and Pan 9, to name a few. ![]() This venture was extremely successful, and though considered a mid-size card room, it has a "supersize" reputation for card room excellence.Ī few years later, accompanied by friends and business partners, Robert Carter and Walter Lack, he set his sites on purchasing the infamous Bicycle Casino and has never looked back. With his partners, he purchased Ocean's Eleven Casino, a 47-table card casino in Oceanside, California. His experience serving on the Board of Directors for Commerce Casino over the years in various capacities including his roles on the Finance Committee, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, Director and ultimately Chairman of the Board gave him a unique, hands-on experience with the largest casino in California. It was a short-lived plan Kelegian was meant for broader horizons. He entered the gaming arena in 1982, becoming a shareholder in the Commerce Casino, a decision that influenced the sale of his insurance business and an early retirement. Kelegian turns the reigns over to his protege, Hashem Minaiy, the newly crowned Managing Partner and CEO, whom he hand-picked to manage his team back in 1999 when Kelegian and his partners purchased the flailing casino.Īs the proud son of an Armenian immigrant, Kelegian began a successful career in the insurance industry. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |