Tim Merrill, general manager of the new Gilley’s-branded gambling hall in Park City, Kansas, says the venue will be “a family destination, a place where everybody can come, everybody feels welcome.”
In naming Merrill to run the gambling parlor near Wichita, owner Phil Ruffin has chosen an industry veteran with 26 years’ experience. For Merrill, it’s something of a homecoming.
The Park City GM broke into the gaming industry in 1999 at Harrah’s-run Prairie Band Casino Resort, near Topeka. His career then took him to Wheeling, West Virginia, for Delaware North, then to American Racing Company. Merrill made a stopover back at Harrah’s (now Caesars Entertainment) before a fateful signing in 2008…