Tuesday, July 29, 2008 | 7:30 a.m.
Bloomberg is reporting that MGM Mirage and Dubai World are late in raising as much as $3.5 billion for the $11.2 billion CityCenter project because banks saddled with debt to casinos and hotels are wary of making new loans.
Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse Group, the Zurich-based bank that advised Dubai World last year when it invested $5.1 billion in MGM, are among the holdouts, bankers with knowledge of the matter said. Funding was supposed to be completed by the end of June, MGM Chief Financial Officer Daniel D'Arrigo told analysts in May.
The Las Vegas casino industry has been struggling with revenue falling 16 percent in May, the fifth straight monthly decline, amid near-record gasoline prices and rising unemployment in the U.S., according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
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