Gary Van Hettinga
has been named by
Atzar Corp. as the
new president and
general manager of
the company's
Tropicana resort
located in Las
Vegas. He will be
replacing the
departed Hector Mon,
who took a job with
another company.
Recently, Van
Hettinga was senior
vice president of
slot marketing and
operations at the
Tropicana Resort
located in Atlantic
City. Additionally,
he served as chief
financial officer at
Tropicana AC from
1995 to 2001.
Hettinga began his
career as a staff
auditor for Arthur
Young & Co.
Aztar Corp.
President, Resort
Operations Dennis
Gomes holds Hettinga
in high regards
concerning the AC
properties ability
to grow. For the
past nine years,
Gomes has worked
with Hettinga and
obviously has a
great deal of
assurance that he
will be the very key
to the success when
running the
Tropicana in Las
Vegas.
In June, Mon joined
Boyd Gaming Corp. as
its senior vice
president of
operations. His new
position entails the
running of
Boyd's riverboat
casinos in the South
and Midwest.