A Team Of Deeply Experienced and Highly Reputable Professionals is Poised to Bring the Pocono Manor Resort & Casino to Life.

A project as broad in scope and as complex in nature as the Pocono Manor Resort & Casino project requires the proven expertise of industry specialists who have demonstrated their capabilities time and again. Here are the participants we have retained toward making the dream of the Pocono region’s most spectacular resort a reality.

Matzel Development Gomes Gaming Management, LLC JEMB Realty Companies Spectrum Gaming Group, LLC Michael & Carroll, PC New England Design, Inc. The S/L/A/M Collaborative Vibrant Development Group, LLC Urban Research & Development Corporation Morowitz & Company, LLC Morris Bailey Family Merrill Lynch & CoBovis Lend Lease LMB,INCConsultants

Matzel Development

JEMB Realty Companies

For over 40 years, the Real Estate Enterprises of the Morris Bailey has experienced an enviable level of success in real estate investment, development and ownership. The company’s operations consist of JEMB Realty Corp. (U.S.) and Busac Real Estate (Canada). A family owned business, the firm is widely recognized among the bevy of quality, private real estate companies in North America. Today, under the leadership of Mr. Bailey’s son-in-law, Joseph Jerome, both companies have flourished in the development of all property types, particularly resorts and hotels, and peripherally in retail/office, self-storage, power and industrial projects. The family’s extensive experience in the hospitality industry consists of the development, ownership and operations of hotels in the United States and Canada. Much to the advantage of the Pocono Manor Resort & Casino project, is the fact that Morris Bailey and Greg Matzel have been collaborating on real estate ventures for the past 11 years, permitting the most appropriate dissemination of each company’s specialties in order to achieve the ambitious goals inherent to this project. Those projects include residential and commercial developments in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, in addition to a 288-unit luxury rental community in Carteret, New Jersey scheduled to break ground in January 2006.

A partial portfolio of JEMB Realty Corp. projects include:

• 150 Broadway, New York (250,000 sq. ft. office space)
• 866 Third Ave., New York (31-story Marriott Courtyard Hotel)
• Herald Towers, New York (750 apartments/100,000 sq. ft. retail space)
• Galleria Corporate Center, Scottsdale, Arizona (200,000 sq. ft. Corporate Campus Office)
• Astoria energy, Queens, New York (500 megawatt powerplant)

A partial portfolio of Busac Real Estate projects (all in Montreal, Quebec, Canada):

• Olympic Tower (250,000 sq. ft. Landmark Office Property)
• Place Dupuis (800,000 sq. ft. office/retail property)
• 1200 McGill College Avenue (office tower)

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Michael & Carroll

Gaming Counsel for Pocono Manor Resort & Casino

The law firm of Michael & Carroll was formed by its founding partners, Guy S. Michael and Robert J. Carroll, after successful partnership careers in the law firm of Brown, Michael and Carroll, PC, which was preceded by almost three decades of highly dedicated public service in the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, Division of Law, Division of Gaming Enforcement and Division of Criminal Justice. The current offices of Michael & Carroll are located in Atlantic City, Point Pleasant and Roseland, New Jersey. The firm has an envied reputation for dedication integrity and successful client service that has garnered national attention.

Michael & Carroll has focused specifically upon representing clients involved in the gaming industry. The partners have represented a variety of gaming interest in New Jersey (IGT, Hilton, Park Place entertainment, Ballys, G-Tech, Caesars, Sands, Tropicana, Golden Nugget and Trump Bond Holders), as well as numerous other individuals and vendors, before the New Jersey Casino Control Commission. Mr. Carroll has also represented a variety of clients in over fifteen other states in connection with casino investment, development, operations and service. The firm’s partners have served in consulting capacities to the state government of Queensland, Australia and Victoria, Australia. In particular, Mr. Michael worked with the government of Queensland on the development of legislation authorizing legalized casino gaming. In Victoria, he served as American Counsel to the state’s Board of Inquiry into casinos in the gathering of information concerning legalized gaming and provided testimony before the Board pertaining to gaming issues. The firm has also been engaged to review and analyze existing casino operations on behalf of several sovereign governments.

Aside from the traditional gaming market, the firm as developed an unparalleled reputation for assisting entities in all areas of enterprise and corporate compliance. These issues range from representing tribes, vendors and gaming companies before various State Regulatory Agencies, to reviewing Tribal and corporate reporting structures to ensure that integrity and the avoidance of even the perception of impropriety is maintained throughout the organization.

In addition to conducting several speaking engagements on a number of gaming concerns, the partners have testified in congressional and state legislative hearings on gaming issues, as well as authored numerous articles which have been published in gaming and legal periodicals on subjects involving the regulation and operation of casinos.

Both Mr. Michael and Mr. Carroll are members of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys and Mr. Michael has served as Chairman of the Casino Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and is a prior Treasurer, Secretary, Vice President and President of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys.

Guy S. Michael

Mr. Michael served with the New Jersey State Government for approximately eight years. He first held the position of Deputy Attorney General with the Division of Law and provided legal representation to various departments of state government, including service as labor counsel though representation of the State’s Office of Employee Relations. While a Deputy Attorney general with the Division of Law, Mr. Michael assisted the Governor’s Task Force on casino gambling in the preparation of draft legislation, which later became the New Jersey Casino Control Act. He then served as one of the first Deputy Attorneys General assigned to the newly formed Division of Gaming Enforcement, later became Chief of the Legal Section of that agency and finally, the agency’s Deputy Director of Operations. During the twenty-two month period under his supervision in this capacity, seven new casino-hotels were opened, the investigation and analysis of ten casino license applicants was undertaken, and seven casino license hearings were held.

Mr. Michael has been in private practice for over twenty years, during which time he has represented gaming interests both domestically and internationally. He has been involved in virtually every type of gaming matter.

Robert J. Carroll

Mr. Carroll is a nineteen-year veteran of New Jersey State law enforcement. Commencing his career as a County Investigator, he rose through the ranks to later hold positions, which included Assistant Essex County Prosecutor, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General and Assistant Director of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. He also held supervisory positions that included Chief of Special Prosecutions Section of the Attorney General’s Office, and later, Chief of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Bureau where he supervised over 200 attorneys, state investigators, state troopers and support staff. During this tenure, he successfully investigated and prosecuted hundreds of members and associates of organized crime and achieved a remarkable conviction rate that stands as one of the most successful efforts on record.

Mr. Carroll also participated in numerous other joint federal-state investigations and has enjoyed an outstanding working relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the United States Attorney’s Office: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; the United States Secret Service; and the United States Department of Labor. In private commercial practice for the past thirteen years, Mr. Carroll has specialized in establishing new casino gaming operations, management executives, procedures and systems for the evolving Tribal (Indian) gaming market, as well as specializing in assisting owners and management executives in becoming licensed in governmental and private sector gaming projects. He has personally prepared documents or provided advice about virtually every type of gaming document necessary to ensure compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements.

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Morowitz Gaming Advisors, LLC

Gaming Consultancy Company for Pocono Manor Resort & Casino

An experienced and highly reputable gaming consultancy located near Atlantic City, Morowitz Gaming Advisors, LLC provides clients strategic planning, market studies and assessments, feasibility studies, forecasts and projections, internal audit outsourcing and internal control design and development. The firm also avails to clients a wealth of expertise and experience in operational consulting and customer service process improvement, finance and operations training and development, financial analysis, racebook accounting and simulcasting settlement outsourcing and executive planning-tax and license compliance.

The firm’s past and present gaming clients include:

• Pocono Downs
• Delaware Park
• Midway Casino
• Mohegan Sun
• Borgata
• Harrah’s Entertainment
• Caesars Atlantic City
• Ballys Atlantic City
• Trump Organization
• Foxwoods
• BDO Seidman
• Cherokee Casino
• Anchor Gaming
• Northern Quest Casino
• Ontario Lottery Corporation

Cory Morowitz, CPA, MBA, is the President of Morowitz Gaming Advisors, LLC, and has over 20 years of diversified financial, gaming and consulting experience. As Chairman and Managing Member of the firm, he has been involved in a variety of projects, which include pre-opening expansion activities of one of the first racino projects in the United States, from which he implemented a budgeting system and prepared capital budgeting analyses for various expansions of the facility. Mr. Morowitz has also prepared feasibility studies and related projects for a number of tribal facilities located throughout the United States. He has co-authored multiple economic impact studies for the Casino Association of New Jersey, whereby he quantified the impact of various tax proposals and the opening of racinos on the casinos and economy of the Atlantic City region. These studies were in part responsible for the reduction in proposed tax increases of approximately $40 million to the Atlantic City casino industry, as well as instrumental in ending a proposed amendment aimed a permitting racino development in New Jersey.

Mr. Morowitz has also prepared numerous strategic studies for gaming firms assessing market entry strategies, market dynamics, etc., that have allowed some of the largest gaming firms in the U.S. to facilitate strategic investments. A certified public accountant (CPA), he has written numerous articles and white papers, as well as participated in several conferences and forums. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Dennis Gomes... A Catalyst To The Gaming Industry

With over 35 years of experience in the most critical capacities of gaming regulation and management, few individuals possess the operational expertise, intuitive foresight or scrupulous judgment of Dennis Gomes, President and Managing Principal of Gomes Gaming Management, LLC. With industry knowledge garnered from high-profile positions held at gaming operations from Las Vegas to Atlantic City, Mr. Gomes’ affable personality belies his unwavering dedication to supporting responsible gaming procedures and the highest ethical standards that have earned him unbridled praise throughout the resort-casino industry. Indeed, he has been cited in the New York Times as “among the most respected names” in the gaming sector.

Driven by a passion to foster growth and expansion of gaming operations in an inimitably creative fashion, Dennis Gomes has demonstrated a remarkable ability to drive revenue, enhance profitability and establish long-term brand recognition of casino operations as multiple-tiered resorts, all while maintaining the lofty principles to which he has aspired since his earlier career in law enforcement.

A Regulatory Force in Gaming Operations.
After earning degrees in accounting from UNLV and then the University of Washington, he joined the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) as its Division Chief, heading up audits and special investigations. There, he was responsible for casino auditing, detection corruption, financial monitoring. He developed the internal control guidelines for the safeguarding of casino revenues that continue to be utilized by the NGCB to this day.

Years later, he decided to move to New Jersey, where a bill permitting casino gaming in the resurging oceanfront town of Atlantic City had recently been enacted by the State Legislature. Mr. Gomes’ impeccable credentials led to his joining the state Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) as chief of its Special Investigations Bureau. In this capacity, he made significant contributions to many of New Jersey’s gaming regulations, among the most rigorous in the nation. He also developed the surveillance and investigative procedures deployed by the DGE for the detection of licensee noncompliance with New Jersey gaming statutes, regulations and internal controls. He led the investigative procedures of all corporate and key employee casino applications including the detection and investigation of regulatory violations and civil and criminal violations of gaming statutes. Mr. Gomes conducted the investigation of Atlantic City’s first-ever gaming license—Resorts International.

Working Toward A Better Gaming Environment.
It was at this juncture that Mr. Gomes chose to enter the proprietary side of gaming. Over the years, he has endeavored to help develop the world-renowned success of such notable industry titans as Steve Wynn (Golden Nugget) and Donald Trump (Taj Mahal), among others. In 1996, he joined the Aztar Corporation as the President of Resort Operations, where his responsibilities included the two Tropicana hotel-casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas. Also during this tenure, he was elected to the position of President of the Casino Association of New Jersey.

A thoroughly devoted family man and father of five children, he has most recently founded his own company, Gomes Gaming Management, LLC, headquartered in Galloway Township, New Jersey, from where he imparts his three-plus decades of expertise to select clients.

Broadening Horizons of the Resort Experience.
His continuing thirst for innovation, particularly involving non-gaming activities and venues in a casino-resort environment, may best be described by Mr. Gomes himself during an interview with a popular Atlantic City industry magazine, in reference to the success of the highly acclaimed The Quarter facility at the Tropicana hotel-casino.

“We are proud of our history of ‘firsts,’ and we’re recognized for setting trends,
not following them. Once again, we’ve created a ‘first’ with The Quarter. It is the largest non-gaming expansion in the history of Atlantic City and, indeed, will inspire others in the marketplace to follow our trendsetting ideas.”

An integral part of the team devoted to the success of the Pocono Manor Resort & Casino project, Dennis Gomes brings an unparalleled level of integrity, professionalism and creativity to one of the most exciting resort destination plans ever conceived.

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Some of the East Coast’s most widely read local publications have acclaimed Dennis Gomes for the leadership, innovation, integrity and industry know-how that will also resound through the Pocono Manor Resort & Casino project.

“Tough Act To Follow”
The Press of Atlantic City
(May, 2005)

“Tropicana Says Goodbye
to Innovative President”
The Courier Post of NJ
(May, 2005)

“The Great Innovator”
Casino Player Magazine
(January, 2005)

“The Untouchable”
Casino Player Magazine
(February, 2003)

“The Next Big Thing”
New York Daily News
(April, 2005)

New England Design, Inc./Thematic Design International

Conceptual Resort & Casino Design Firm
Pocono Manor Resort & Casino

New England Design, Inc. (NED) is a concept design firm with over 30 years experience in producing dramatic yet realistic design formats. Thematic Design International is a wholly owned subsidiary of New England Design.

NED/TDI has provided comprehensive conceptual design management services for several casino and entertainment projects. Foxwoods Resorts, the largest casino complex in the world, has been conceptually designed by NED/TDI over the past 15 years with an intense involvement in all phases from initial formats, master planning, design management, concept interior design, graphics and FF & E. Working with management, the Tribal Council, architects, engineers and other consultants, NED/TDI has been responsible for the concept design of over 4 million square feet of space at a cost of $1.5 billion.

In addition, NED/TDI was the conceptual designer for the proposed $700 million Bridgeport Casino Complex and designed the first proposed H-Tract project, a $1.5 billion Atlantic City Casino Complex for Mirage Resorts and Circus Circus. Other casino master planning and concept designs have been done in Niagara Falls, Canada; Emerald Manor, Ireland; Playboy/Virgin Casino and Entertainment Center in Las Vegas and for the City of Windsor, Canada.

NED/TDI has also had extensive experience in the fields of resort, hospitality, entertainment, residential, restaurant, convention, retail and water park design. The firm’s expertise lies in its common sense approach to design criteria by creating a cohesive environment—rather that structures—and working closely with the project’s architects, engineers and design team toward successful project completion.

Our project portfolio includes the following:

• Foxwoods Resort & Casino, Southeastern CT
• Windsor Casino, Ontario, Canada
• Chateau Niagara, Niagara Falls, Canada
• Mirage & Circus Circus, Atlantic City, NJ
• Bridgeport Casino Competition, Bridgeport, CT
• Virgin/Playboy Casino, Las Vegas, NV

The core design team of Kevin Tubridy, Principal, Karl Norton, Senior Project Design/Manager and Paul Frishman, Project Designer/Consultant has worked together on all aspects of every project. These include program development, master planning, conceptual design and conceptual interior design. All of these services are provided within the context of supporting the cleints’ business development plans. Other members of the team are John Everett, Project Designer/Manager; Mike Sottolano, Assistant Project Manager; Wendy Kiss, Interior Designer and Sue Roarabaugh, Project Administrator.

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The Real Estate Enterprises Of The Morris Bailey Family
Development Partners of the Pocono Manor Resort & Casino

The Real Estate Enterprises of the Morris Bailey Family—which is comprised of JEMB Realty Corp. in the U.S. and Busac Real Estate in Canada—are currently valued at approximately $4 billion.

The companies are built upon Morris Bailey’s foundation of 40 years of direct Real Estate investment, development and ownership success. Today, under the leadership of Mr. Bailey’s son-in-law, Joseph Jerome, JEMB Realty and Busac Real Estate are recognized among the leading private Real Estate companies in North America. Through meticulous hands-on asset management, the companies have achieved success across all property types, including resort and hotel, residential, retail, office, self-storage, power and industrial assets.

In addition to the Pocono Manor Resort & Casino, the Family of Morris Bailey is presently developing and $800 million power plant in Astoria, NY. In Montreal, Canada, the developer is undertaking a $400 million, 1.5 million sq. ft. mixed-use development for the University of Quebec. This project will include more than 1100 student residences, an office building, a university pavilion, an 800-space underground parking garage, and the city’s main intercity bus terminal.

The Family’s extensive experience in the hospitality industry consists of the development, ownership and operation of hotels throughout the U.S. and Canada. In 1985, the Family acquired and converted the Halloran House in Midtown Manhattan into a 700-room hotel, which is now the Marriot Hotel, together with an adjoining convention facility. The family also developed the luxury, 5-star Grand Bay Hotel on 51st Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan. The White Plains Hotel in White Plains, NY, the Governor Hotel in Montreal, Canada, the Congress Hotel in Chicago, IL and the Courtyard Marriot on 53rd Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan round out the Family’s portfolio of owned and operated hotels.

Also included in the JEMB Realty Corp. portfolio:

• Herald Center, New York (250,000 sq. ft. Shopping Mall)
• 75 Broad Street, New York (33-story office tower)
• 375 McCarter Highway, Newark, New Jersey (200,000 sq. ft. corporate campus office)
  

Also included in the Busac Real Estate portfolio:

• 888 deMaisonneuve Boulevard, Montreal, Canada
  (225,000 sq. ft. office property)
• 5100 Sherbrooke Avenue, Montreal, Canada (office property)

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The S/L/A/M Collaborative

Gaming Architecture Firm for
Pocono Manor Resort and Casino

The S/L/A/M Collaborative is an international architectural firm distinguished for design excellence and exceptional service. We are specialists, bringing 30 years of experience to education, healthcare, corporate, and science & technology projects.

From it inception, S/L/A/M has been committed to an interactive working relationship with clients. The company places a high value on close client/architect collaboration and the careful evolution of form, function and detail that could only evolve from a total team approach. On every project, each S/L/A/M client works with a Principal-in-Charge, supported by a core architectural team carefully chosen from our specialized studios. This team structure provides the personal attention of a small firm combined with the technical capabilities of a 160-person corporation.

The S/L/A/M architectural team is complemented by an in-house staff of professionals in structural engineering, interior design, landscape architecture and construction management. Drawing on this broad expertise through the entire project helps reduce clients’ risk, control costs, maintain schedules, and guarantee construction quality.

S/L/A/M provides “hands on” management, as well as a high level of accountability on projects from start to finish. Experience has shown that clients prefer such involvement throughout every stage of the process, from site selection and zoning regulations to construction administration. These value-added services make S/L/A/M a strategic partner, sharing clients’ goals and objectives, respecting their deadlines and budgets, and responding the issues specific to their market sectors.

One example found in the S/L/A/M portfolio is the $99 million Rainmaker Casino Expansion at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT. This project involved the addition of 120,000 sq. ft. of new space and a seven-story, 2,100-car parking garage that included an atrium reception lobby. Additionally, the project called for 7,500 sq. ft. of food and beverage outlets and another 6,000 sq. ft. of retail space. Built out from the Rainmaker Casino, the expansion mimics the Foxwoods’ look and colors, with stucco materials with a basket weave design capped by the now familiar metal roof visible for miles in the Connecticut countryside.

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Urban Research& Development Corp.

Community Impact Planning Firm
for Pocono Manor Resort & Casino

Established in 1968 and based in Bethlehem, PA, Urban Research & Development Corporation (URDC) provides community planning, economic research, land planning, landscape architecture, site engineering, special research studies and related services to Federal agencies, State County and local governments. Martin Gilchrist is President and co-founder of the 20-person firm.

URDC has serviced over 2,000 clients by providing planning studies, research, feasibility analysis design and master planning for major shopping complexes, large-scale resorts, mixed-use developments, business/industrial parks, and large, planned residential developments. The company has the necessary familiarity with wide-ranging issues arising in the field of economic analysis and development. This includes experience in economic impact analysis, recruitment and target industry analysis, transportation, housing, public infrastructure, community facilities, tourism, financing incentives and programs, site selection and planning, zoning, economic analysis and project feasibility, and development planning and strategies.

URDC has worked closely with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, the Pennsylvania Planning Association, the Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities, the Pennsylvania Economic Development Association, and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, as well as other statewide planning and development organizations.

URDC has completed economic research and development projects for economic development corporations, industrial development corporations, industrial development authorities, local and state governments, public utilities, private corporations, developers, non-profit organizations and lending institutions. In addition, URDC has been retained by many communities to review economic and community impact studies.

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Spectrum Gaming Group, LLC

International Gaming Consultant
for Pocono Manor Resort & Casino

Spectrum Gaming Group, LLC, is a full-service international gaming consultancy with a highly prized reputation for integrity and experience. Based in New Jersey, with offices in the Atlantic City and Princeton areas, the firm maintains a strong presence in major locations throughout Asia.

The company’s various lines of service range from economic and feasibility studies to regulatory services, the client base varies from Singapore to Harrisburg, and from Wall Street to Guam. A partial listing of the firm’s clients includes:

• Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
• New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement
• Gaming Control Agency, Bahamas
• Casino Control Commission of the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Gaming Division of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company
• Gaming Control Agency, Netherlands
• Philippines Amusement & Gaming Control Corp.
• Government of Panama
• Government of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

Spectrum Gaming Group’s private clients have included:

• Goldman Sachs
• Bear Stearns
• Credit Suisse First Boston
• Casino Association of New Jersey
• Harrah’s Entertainment
• International Game Technology (IGT)
• Wyndham Hotels
• Aztar Corporation

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Vibrant Development Group, LLC

Strategic Development Planning Firm
for Pocono Manor Resort & Casino Retail Casino

The principals of Vibrant Development Group, LLC, strategically plan and assist in the development of large-scale, destination real estate projects. The firm brings a tactical approach to the business planning of leisure oriented mixed-use developments grounded in a thorough understanding of the market realities, needs and goals of developers, tenants and the public sector.

Vibrant develops long-term relationships with upper management and executive leaders from the gaming, entertainment, development and public sector segments, acting as owner’s representatives and advisors from project conceptualization through development. The core focus is on programming and implementing the retail, dining and entertainment uses for projects that range from mixed-use town center, to casinos and resorts, to individual venues and attractions.

The following are casinos and resorts with which Vibrant has worked toward successfully developing:

• Casino Aztar, Evansville, IN
• Dover Downs, Dover DE
• MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
• Tropicana Casino & Resort, Atlantic City, NJ
• Tropicana Casino & Resort, Las Vegas, NV
• World Golf Village, St. Augustine, FL

As President of Vibrant, Chuck Bragitikos works with gaming companies, developers, professional sports teams, and the public sector on conceiving the developing dining, entertainment and retail destinations. His work includes acting as strategic advisor and owner’s representative for Aztar, the parent company of the Tropicana Casinos, on the $285 million expansion of its flagship Atlantic City property. In addition, Mr. Bragitikos has worked with major brands and entrepreneurs to create individual tenants and venues. In this capacity, his projects have included involvement with the National Football League (NFL) over a two year period toward the creating a new portfolio of businesses, such as the NFL “X”, a 45,000 sq. ft. restaurant and entertainment concept, which was approved by a super majority of NFL team owners.

Jason Spillerman is the Principal and Co-Founder of Vibrant Development, LLC. Throughout his highly successful career, he has consulted with a variety of development interests, including real estate investment trusts, private land owners, publican and quasi-public development entities, cities, gaming companies, professional sports clubs and entertainment/media companies, to realize unique destination and real estate projects. Mr. Spillerman specializes in assessing and implementing development strategies for large-scale, mixed-use developments. At Vibrant, he is responsible for overseeing due diligence, financial feasibility, conceptualization, master planning, business strategy, programming, new venue creation, partnering strategy, project merchandising, rent roll definition and leasing. Prior to his founding of Vibrant, he was a senior consultant at MRA International, a leading development consulting and strategy firm,, where he worked as owner’s representative and strategic advisor for a number of large-scale, mixed-used real estate developments. One of his more recent projects includes site selection and destination development strategy for the Dallas Cowboys new, state-of-the-art stadium and mixed-use development, comprised of a hotel, office and lifestyle retail and entertainment center.

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Merrill Lynch

Financial Consultants for Pocono Manor Resort & Casino

Founded in 1914, Merrill Lynch currently employs 54,600 professionals in 36 countries. In 2005 alone, the firm generated over $26 billion in net revenues, including 52%--or nearly $14 billion—in global markets and investment banking. Merrill Lynch is the leading gaming and leisure investment banking franchise on Wall Street, having executed 40 transactions in 2005.

Merrill Lynch employs 30 professionals covering the gaming and leisure sector. Over the past year, the company was the leading gaming high yield bond underwriter (raising $1.6 billion in proceeds), the top gaming leveraged finance underwriter (raising over $6.9 billion through 12 transactions), the top leisure equity and equity-linked underwriter (raising $2 billion), and the number one gaming and leisure M&A Advisor, guiding clients on $16.2 billion of transactions.

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Bovis Lend Lease LMB, INC.

Construction Management Firm for Pocono Manor Resort & Casino

Bovis Lend Lease is universally respected as the premier construction management company in America, and one of only a select few with the experience and capabilities to facilitate the construction management functions of a project the size and scope of this project. Bovis is the second largest firm of its kind in the United States, and has been involved in projects relating to the gaming industry for over 35 years.

Bovis Lend Lease provides project and construction management skills as part of an integrated offering to clients throughout the world. By combining cost-effective global resources with local knowledge, we can delivery practical and flexible solutions to projects such as the Pocono Manor Resort & Casino. The company relies on solid management, a thorough understanding of specific projects and the ability to procure the best subcontractors and suppliers while managing cost objectives. Bovis Lend Lease incorporates itself early in the design phase, and then goes on to manage all construction activities to ensure the project is maintained at optimum efficiency and environmental compatibility.

A distinguished portfolio of recent Resort and Hotel projects includes:

• The Venetian Resort Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
• Time Warner Center, New York City, NY
• Four Seasons Hotel & Tower, Miami, FL
• Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences, New York City, NY
• Wyndham Palace Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, FL
• Foxwoods Casino, CT

Supporting the needs of communities, governments, commerce and industry on a local, national and multinational level, Bovis Lend Lease ranks among the world’s leading project and construction management companies.

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CONSULTING FIRMS

Blank Rome, LLC, Philadelphia, PA
Lead legal counsel.

Newman, Williams, Mishkin, Corveleyn,
Wolfe & Fareri, PC, Stroudsburg, PA
Serving as local legal counsel.

Cultural Resource Consulting Group, Philadelphia, PA
Will provide historical analysis and counsel.

Pennoni Associates, Inc, Philadelphia, PA
Will provide general site engineering, traffic analysis,
impact and planning services.

Imagemaker Associates, Brick, NJ
Will provide Advertising, Marketing & Web Design Services.

Neiman Group, Harrisburg, PA
Will provide strategic communications and public relations counsel.

 

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