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CPAmerica Pacts With Don Dorsey for
New Resort Casino Project
LAS VEGAS,
NV -- Jack Wishna, President & Chief Executive Officer of
CPAmerica, Inc. announced today that a deal has been signed to represent
Don Dorsey, themed entertainment producer/director, Disney entertainment
legend and successful recording artist, in the development and marketing
of a unique and spectacular resort-casino concept.
CPAmerica is
a leading deal-making organization serving the world's leading hotel,
gaming, leisure and service firms. Led by Jack Wishna, President
and CEO, CPAmerica has worked with Caesar's Entertainment, Boyd
Gaming Corporation, The Ritz Hotels Paris and Wyndham International
Resorts among others. Most recently, Wishna was instrumental in
creating the transaction between Donald J. Trump and New
Frontier Resort and Casino owner Phil Ruffin to create the new
Trump International Hotel & Towers project in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Don's
successful and creative track record along with his passion for
themed and live entertainment production makes this project viable
and unique," Wishna said. "We are excited to be part of
this project and Don's vision for the next chapter in resort development.
We look forward to presenting this concept to resort and gaming
industry leaders worldwide," Wishna added.
"Our concept
merges entertainment and leisure in new and surprising ways,"
says Dorsey. "With Jack Wishna and CPAmerica agreeing to champion
our effort, we are that much closer to realizing a revolutionary
vision." Dorsey has formed a new company, Innovation Properties,
LLC, specifically to pursue this and other leisure industry concepts.
Dorsey has
created, directed and produced innovative and award-winning projects
for the themed entertainment industry for more than three decades.
He has played many key roles in the successes of large-scale entertainment
for the Walt Disney Company including The Main Street Electrical
Parade, Disney's Epcot nighttime spectacular "IllumiNations,"
and the $22-million millennium- themed "Reflections of Earth."
As a consultant he contributed to the development of Disney's patented
"air-launch" environmentally-friendly fireworks technology
and continues to advise Disney on computerized parade and production
systems.
Prior to his
work in entertainment production technology and design, Dorsey composed
original music for television, radio, records, commercials, industrial
shows, half-time shows, and spectacular events around the world.
His credits have included commercials for Mattel, Kawasaki, Mexicana
Airlines, Zenith, and Yamaha, album projects by Stevie Wonder, Quincy
Jones, Donna Summer and Sergio Mendez and the release of classical
synthesizer recordings Bachbusters, which topped Billboard's Classical
Compact Disc chart for fourteen weeks and stayed in the Top Twenty
for over a year and Beethoven or Bust which held the Number One
spot on the Classical Crossover chart for twenty-three weeks.
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