UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 10, 2011

 

TROPICANA LAS VEGAS HOTEL AND CASINO, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

000-53894

 

27-0455607

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation or organization)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

3801 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada

 

89109

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(702) 739-2722

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors and Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(b)  On October 10, 2011, Thomas McCartney, submitted his resignation as President/COO of Tropicana Las Vegas, Inc. effective October 31, 2011.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, Inc.

 

 

Date:  October 11, 2011

By:

/s/ Joanne M. Beckett

 

Name:

Joanne M. Beckett

 

Title:

Vice President, General Counsel and

 

 

Corporate Secretary

 

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