Harrah's Debt

Harrah's goes deeper and deeper in debt.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (“Harrah's”) announced today that Harrah’s Operating Escrow LLC and Harrah's Escrow Corporation (the “Escrow Issuers”), wholly-owned unrestricted subsidiaries of Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc. (“HOC”), are proposing to issue $1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2017

Harrah’s intends to use the net proceeds from this private offering to retire a portion of Harrah’s existing term loan and revolving credit indebtedness under HOC’s senior secured credit facilities and for general corporate purposes.