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Aladdin Project Announces Implosion Charity Event

The 800-person VIP celebrity charity event will take place in a tented arena on the Aladdin grounds and is designed to provide the guests with the ultimate viewing perspective. The invitation-only charity event is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. The dramatic implosion is scheduled between 7:15 and 7:30 p.m. and will include a spectacular fireworks and pyro extravaganza.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Nevada will receive all proceeds from the auction guaranteed by Aladdin Gaming to be their single largest fund-raiser to date.

"We have a unique opportunity to create an exclusive entertainment event and provide a tremendous boost to a very worthwhile cause," explained Goeglein.

The redeveloped Aladdin Hotel & Casino, one of the largest mixed-use facilities in Las Vegas, will include a unique $1.3 billion casino, entertainment and retail complex. The date for the formal groundbreaking on the $826 million hotel and casino will be announced in the near future.

"We see this as a great opportunity that could become an annual auction event," said Karla Jacobson, executive director of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Nevada. "All auction proceeds will go to making wishes for children who suffer from life-threatening illnesses in the southern Nevada area a reality."

"Aladdin is about making wishes come true and the Make-A-Wish Foundation is the perfect organization for those who need them most," added Jim McKennon, president of The Aladdin Hotel & Casino.

The 34-acre complex will feature two hotels and casinos including the 2,600 room Aladdin Hotel & Casino which will house a 100,000 square-foot casino and feature a theme based in mystical fantasy and legend. Joint venture partners involved in the complex include: London Clubs International plc, a publicly-owned gaming company, headquartered in England, that will develop a luxurious gaming salon and hospitality facilities fashioned after the great casinos of Europe; Planet Hollywood International, Inc., which will co-develop with Aladdin Gaming a second $250 million music-themed property with a 1,000-room hotel and 50,000 square-foot casino and TrizecHahn, one of the country's largest real estate developers, which will co-develop, lease and manage operations for Desert Passage, a 462,000 square-foot, high-end entertainment and retail mixed-use development with specialty stores, boutiques, restaurants and entertainment.

The new complex is scheduled to open in spring of 2000. For more information regarding the event call (702) 736-7114. Auction items and celebrity participants are to be announced.

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