He was initially hired to operate five casinos on the Brighton, Coconut Creek, Hollywood, Immokalee, and Tampa reservations, and to develop the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood and Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa. Allen, who is not of Seminole origin, has led the Seminole Tribe of Florida's gaming operations since 2001. Seminole Gaming and Hard Rock International Īllen serves as chairman of Hard Rock International (or Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment) and CEO of Seminole Gaming. He was promoted to senior vice president of property operations in Kerzner's company, Sun International, which included Mohegan Sun, Atlantis Paradise Island, and the Ocean Club and the former Desert Inn, Las Vegas. Allen was Kerzner's third hire, starting in 1995 and departing in 2001. He was then hired by South African business magnate Sol Kerzner to serve as the Mohegan Sun's senior vice president of property operations and help develop Atlantis Paradise Island. Allen next worked for real estate developer Christopher Hemmeter (Hemmeter Enterprises), serving as general manager for four Colorado casinos and helping to open another in New Orleans. He became part of the senior management team for three Trump properties in Atlantic City, before being promoted to vice president of operations. Īllen worked at The Trump Organization, which had taken over the Atlantic City Hilton, until 1993.

In 1985, he joined Atlantic City Hilton as a purchasing manager. Via Bally's, he entered a management training program around 1980. His career began as a cook at Bally's Park Place in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he has been credited with helping successfully implement data tracking software to balance profit and food costs. Career Īllen has worked in the casino, hotel, and gaming industries since 1979. Īllen took career-development courses, including gaming classes at University of Nevada, Reno and creative writing and hotel management classes at Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing, New Jersey. To support his mother and aunt, Allen began working in restaurants at the age of 13. He attended Mainland Regional High School in Linwood, New Jersey, graduating in 1978. and Kathryn Allen, and had a modest upbringing. Previously, he served as vice president of operations of The Trump Organization and senior vice president of Sol Kerzner's company, Sun International.

'Jim' Allen is the chairman of Hard Rock International and chief executive officer of Seminole Gaming.

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