Gaming and Leisure Properties completes $395m Bally’s casino property acquisition
Gaming and Leisure Properties said it completed its $395m acquisition of the land and real estate assets of Bally’s Kansas City Casino and Bally’s Shreveport Casino & Hotel. The properties have entered a new Bally’s master lease, cross-defaulted with the company’s existing Bally’s master lease, with initial annual cash rent of $32.2m. GLPI said the transaction is expected to be accretive to its financial results.
The completed sale-leaseback changes ownership of the properties’ real estate and establishes their initial annual rent.