According to industry sources, Kerzner International Limited, owner of the Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas has begun litigation in the United States District Court, District of Nevada against Monarch Casino and Resort, owner of the Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno, Nevada.
Kerzner International is “seeking the court’s declamatory judgement prohibiting Monarch from using the name ‘Atlantis’ in connection with offering casino services other than at Monarch’s Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno Nevada, and particularly prohibiting Monarch from using the ‘Atlantis’ name in connection with casino services in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kerzner is also seeking “injunctive relief and its enforcement”; unspecified compensatory and punitive damages and other relief”, according to media reports.
Monarch’s position is that the lawsuit is “entirely without merit” and intends to “defend itself vigourously”. Furthermore Monarch maintains that the “legal and contractual rights” which it possesses will “lead to its successful defence against the claims”.
The “tropically-themed Atl-antis Casino Resort in Reno, Nevada is operated by a wholly own subsidiary of Monarch Casino and Resort Inc. The resort offers almost 1,000 guest rooms in three contiguous high-rise hotel towers and a motor lodge. The casino features approximately 51,000 square feet of high-energy space with 38 table games and approximately 1,450 slot and video poker machines, a sports book, Keno and a poker room, and offers a variety of dining choices in the form of nine high-quality food outlets.
The hotel-casino is located directly across the street from the Reno-Sparks Convention Centre and is the closest such resort to the convention centre.
The resort is famous for its Sky Terrace, which is described as a “unique structure rising approximately 55 feet from street level and spanning 160 feet with no immediate support pillars”.
The Nassau Guardian
