Indiana casino’s next owner expects to retain 700 employees

ELIZABETH, Ind. (AP) — The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians plans to retain all 700-plus employees at a southern Indiana casino if state regulators approve its ownership of the casino later this year. The North Carolina-based tribe also announced Thursday that it’s formed EBCI Holdings LLC as Caesars Southern Indiana’s ownership group and that its CEO would be R. Scott Barber, the former regional president of Caesars Entertainment. The News and Tribune reports that the tribe expects the Indiana Gaming Commission to approve its ownership of the casino this fall. The casino is located in the Harrison County town of Elizabeth across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky.