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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 15, 1999
Park Place Entertainment Corporation
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(Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in Charter)
Delaware 1-14573 88-0400631
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(State or Other (Commission (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of File Identification
Incorporation) Number) No.)
3930 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
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(Address of Principal
Executive Offices)
(702) 699-5000
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(Registrant's telephone
number, including area code)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
A copy of the press release, dated January 19, 1999, of Park Place
Entertainment Corporation (the "Registrant") announcing the expansion of the
size of its Board of Directors and appointing Barbara Bell Coleman to fill
the resulting vacancy, subject to appropriate gaming regulatory approvals, is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
7(c) Exhibits
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99 Press Release of the Registrant, dated January 19, 1999.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Dated: January 20, 1999 By: /s/ SCOTT A. LAPORTA
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Name: Scott A. LaPorta
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Contact: Geoffrey Davis
702-699-5037
PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
APPOINTMENT OF BARBARA BELL COLEMAN TO BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
LAS VEGAS, Nevada- January 19, 1999- Park Place Entertainment Corporation
("Park Place") announced today the expansion of its Board of Directors with
the appointment of Barbara Bell Coleman as its eleventh director, subject to
appropriate gaming regulatory approvals.
In addition to her responsibilities with Park Place, Ms. Coleman is President
of BBC Associates, LLC, which provides consulting services to companies and
philanthropic organizations. She is also a director of BlueCross BlueShield
of New Jersey and City National Bank of NJ.
Park Place is the world's largest gaming company, as measured by casino
square footage and revenues, and is the only casino gaming company with a
leading presence in Nevada, New Jersey and Mississippi- the three largest
gaming markets in the United States. In 1999, the company will own or have an
interest in 17 gaming properties located throughout the United States and in
Australia and Uruguay, with a total of 1.4 million square feet of gaming
space and more than 23,000 hotel rooms.
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