HARBOR SPRINGS, MI – The director of a casino company died in a boat accident while on vacation in Michigan, the company announced.
Richard J. Haskins is the President of Red Rock Resorts Inc. and Station Casinos LLC, which owns 20 casinos in Nevada. Its properties include the Palms Resort near the Las Vegas Strip.
The company did not provide details about the accident, but the Emmet County Sheriff’s Office told 9 & 10 News that Haskins was on his jet ski in Little Traverse Bay when he collided with a 27-foot speedboat driven by Vero Beach. , 77 years old. Florida
He was pronounced dead in a launch area near Harbor Springs, according to the television station.
“Words cannot express what Rich has meant to the company and to me in the 25 years he has been with Station Casinos,” Frank Fertitta, III, CEO and President of Red Rock Resorts, Inc. said in a statement.
“He was a trusted advisor, a brilliant strategist, a steady hand in good times and bad, and most importantly, a friend to everyone. It is very difficult to imagine that Station Casinos is the company it is today without Rich. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his children, his family, and his loved ones. “
Haskins joined Red Rock in 1995 as general counsel for the company’s Midwest operations. He has served as president of Red Rock Resorts and Station Casinos since October 2015.
The company said it will begin efforts to find a successor and will have more announcements in the coming days.
