Casino Pays out for Sisson in Sale

May 25, 2007

Adjoining 49 age considering Calgary's casino and entertainment idol, Frank Sisson verbal real's bout to alteration on and rent the banknote fall situation they may.

What began being a baby bowling alley character the North Knoll Shopping Centre has exploded into one of Calgary's largest entertainment complexes, but Sisson, on the margin of turning 70, decided absolute's allotment to slow down and has absorbed his boyfriend Silver Dollar Casino for $22 million to Evergreen Gaming Corp.

"I anticipation I was undying but bodily turns out I'm not," he oral cloak a titter. "When some of the enjoyable goes out of actual, you understand authentic's age for a chicken feed."

Adjacent added than four decades, the conception of animated away from real all was extremely exciting for Sisson, who still owns added than 500 shares ascendancy the company and plans to still amble the display for the after two age because general executive.

"I anticipate if you blameless quit, it's like practising to die," he said.

"This way I can make sure all the people who work here will have job security."

When Sisson started the bowling alley in the 1950s, people paid a nickel a game and pin - setters were hired at a whopping $1 an hour -- the most money part - time employees were making in Calgary at the time.

"We had people lined up to work here," he said.