Sundance Hotel & Casino:
Built in 1980 at 301 East Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, The Sundance was sold to the Lincoln Management Group of Reno in 1988 which changed the name to Fitzgeralds Hotel & Casino. With the purchase of the Fitzgerald Casino Hotel properties in Las Vegas, Mississippi and Colorado in December 2001, Barden made history as the country’s first African American to wholly own a national casino company.

Entrepreneur Don Barden

Barden’s involvement in business, community and political affairs goes beyond the Detroit area, however. In 2003 alone, he was recognized as “Master Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young, LLP, Black Enterprise Magazine named his corporation and its holdings as “Company of the Year,” and Corp Magazine called Barden one of “Michigan’s Most Powerful African American Leaders.”

In a career than spans more than 30 years, Barden has become regarded as a pioneering entrepreneur, and his holdings rank among the largest African American-owned businesses in the United States.

With the purchase of the Fitzgerald Casino Hotel properties in Las Vegas, Mississippi and Colorado in December 2001, Barden made history as the country’s first African American to wholly own a national casino company.

Born the ninth of 13 children in Detroit, Barden was educated in the public school systems in Inkster, Michigan, and attended Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.

Fitzgeralds TCR# N1585 $1 New 1990s	Fitzgeralds TCR# V4135 $2.50 New 2000	Fitzgeralds TCR# N2482 $25 New 1988	Fitzgeralds TCR# N2331 $100 New 1992
301 East Fremont St	301 East Fremont St	301 East Fremont St	301 East Fremont St

Sundance TCR# N2238 $1 New 1985	Sundance TCR# N2235 $5 New 1985	Sundance TCR# N2234 $25 New 1980	Sundance TCR# N2232 $500 New 1980
301 East Fremont St	301 East Fremont St	301 East Fremont St	301 East Fremont St

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