Herbst Gaming, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $542 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,304 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 6,450
• Sub-industry: 79 Amusement And Recreation Services
• Place of incorporation: NV
• Court for city of headquarters: NV Las Vegas
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Gordon Silver
• Date of filing: March 22, 2009
• Judge at filing: Gregg W. Zive
• Court district of filing: NV
• Court city of filing: Reno
• Case number: 09-50746
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? no
• Plan type: prenegotiated


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: January 22, 2010
• Judge at disposition: Gregg W. Zive
• Days from filing to disposition: 306

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, did not refile