UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form
4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
James D. Bennett
c/o Bennett Management Corporation
2 Stamford Plaza
Suite 1501
281 Tresser Blvd.
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Riviera Holdings Corp.
RIV
3. IRS Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
8/00
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)to Issuer (Check all
applicable)
( ) Director (X) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title
below) ( ) Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Title of Security| 2. Transaction| 3. Transaction| 4. Securities | 5. Amount of | 6. Ownership |7. Nature of |
(Instr. 3) | Date | Code | Acquired (A) | Securities | Form: | Indirect |
| | (Instr. 8) | or Disposed | Beneficially | Direct (D) | Beneficial|
| (Month/ | | of (D) | Owned at End | or Indirect| Ownership |
| Day/ | | (Instr. 3,4, | of Month | (I) | (Instr. 4)|
| Year) | | and 5) | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (Instr. 4) | |
| | | | |(A) or| | | | |
| | Code | V | Amount|(D) |Price| | | |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Common Stock 8/29/00 S 165,000 D $7.50 371,070 * I General
Partner or
Principal of
Investment
Manager
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Title of | 2. Conver- | 3. Trans- | 4. Trans- | 5. Number of | 6. Date Exer- | 7. Title and Amount |
Derivative | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying |
Security | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities | Expiration | Securities |
(Instr. 3) | Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. | Acquired | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) |
| Deri- | Date/ | 8) | (A) or | (Month/Day/ | |
| vative | Year) | | Disposed of | Year) | |
| Security | | | (D) (Instr. | | |
| | | | 3, 4 and 5) | | |
| | |____________|_________________|___________________|_____________________|
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Date | Expira- | | Amount or |
| | | | | | | Exer- | tion | | Number of |
| | | Code | V | (A) | (D) | cisable | Date | Title | Shares |
___________________|_____________|____________|______|_____|________|________|_________|_________|________|____________|
| | | | | | | | | | |
l l l l l l l l l l l
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
| 8. Price of | 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of |
| Derivative | derivative | Form of | Indirect |
| Security | Securities | Derivative | Beneficial |
| (Instr. 5) | Benefi- | Security | Ownership |
| | cially | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) |
| | Owned at | or Indirect | |
| | End of | (I) (Instr. | |
| | Month | 4) | |
| | (Instr. 4) | | |
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
Explanation of Responses:
* The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of
these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary
interest therein.
Signature of Reporting Person:
James D. Bennett
By: /s/ James D. Bennett
___________________________
James D. Bennett
Date: September 7, 2000
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations. See U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C.
78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be
manually signed. If space is sufficient, see Instruction 6 for
procedure.
75252000.BE9
