Aztar Corporation reported that the company`s flagship Tropicana Casino
and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, announced today the names of the
tenants who will fill The Quarter at Tropicana, the 200,000-square-foot
Old Havana-themed dining, entertainment, retail and spa complex in the
Tropicana`s $245 million expansion scheduled to open in March 2004. Direct
links to the Tropicana news release and a brochure listing the venues is
available at http://www.shareholder.com/aztar/releases.cfm .

Aztar is a publicly traded company that operates Tropicana Casino and
Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Tropicana Resort and Casino in Las
Vegas, Nevada, Ramada Express Hotel and Casino in Laughlin, Nevada, Casino
Aztar in Caruthersville, Missouri, and Casino Aztar in Evansville, Indiana.

For additional information, please contact Joe Cole, Vice President,
Corporate Communications, at (602)381-4111.

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