Eldorado Resorts and Caesars Entertainment Announce Election Deadline for Caesars Stockholders to Elect Merger Consideration

RENO & LAS VEGAS, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERI) (“Eldorado” or the “Company”) and Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) (“Caesars” or “Caesars Entertainment”) today announced that, in connection with the previously announced merger (the “Merger”) of Caesars with a subsidiary of Eldorado, the deadline for Caesars stockholders to elect the form of merger consideration they wish to receive in the transaction has been set for 5:00 p.m., New York time, July 16, 2020 (the “Election Deadline”). The completion of the transaction remains subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions contained in the parties’ Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 24, 2019 (as amended on August 15, 2019, the “Merger Agreement”). The Election Deadline may be changed or extended in the event the anticipated closing date is delayed to a subsequent date, in which case Eldorado will promptly announce any such delay and, when determined, the rescheduled Election Deadline.