I-SunCruz kunye nePalm Beach Princess ziinqanawa ezimbini zokungcakaza eziye zaphelelwa yiFlorida ixesha elide, kodwa zombini ziye zawela kumaxesha anzima ngo-2009. Iindaba ezimbi zamva nje zeza ngoMvulo xa inkampani yomzali ye-Sun Cruz yafaka i-bankruptcy.
Oceans Casino Cruises Inc., esekwe e Dania Beach kwaye iphethwe ngu Spiros Naos, wafaka ebhankini okwesibini kwiminyaka emihlanu. Inkampani ithi ingaphantsi kwe-10 yezigidi zee-asethi kwaye inamatyala angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-50.
U-Naos wathenga i-SunCruz ngo-2004 nge-36.1 yezigidi zeedola kwinkundla yokungabikho kwemali. UNaos ngumtshana kaGus Boulis, owaseka iSunCruz. UBoulis wabulawa ngenkohlakalo ngo-2001 eFt. Lauderdale. Lobbyists uJack Abramoff ukhokele iqela lokuthenga iSunCruz eBoulis ngo-2000.
IPrincess yasePalm Beach, enye yeenqanawa zekhasino eziye zaphuma eFlorida, ziye zanekamva elifanayo neleSunCruz. Kule mpelaveki iphelileyo, abasebenzi bavukele kwaye bangayisebenzisi le Nkosazana. Ibangele ukuba abathengi abangama-300 bathunyelwe ekhaya, kwaye malunga neshumi elinambini labasebenzi abaphezulu bagxothwa emva kokuphazamiseka.
Ishishini lenqanawa yongcakazo yekhasino iye yawa ngamaxesha anzima eFlorida ikakhulu ngenxa yokwanda kokhuphiswano. I-Pari-mutuels iqalile ukubonelela ngeendawo zokubeka kunye ne-poker, kwaye ii-Seminoles ngoku zibonelela nge-blackjack kwiikhasino zabo.
Emva xa iinqanawa zokungcakaza zazithandwa, kwakungekho ndawo zokungcakaza eMzantsi Florida. Ngokunyuka kweekhasino kummandla osemazantsi welizwe, akukhange kubekho ntengiso yeenqanawa zongcakazo.
