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

July 17, 2020 (July 17, 2020)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-10410

62-1411755

(State of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

One Caesars Palace Drive

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(702) 407-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, $0.01 par value

CZR

NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

As of July 17, 2020, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Caesars”), and Eldorado Resorts, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Eldorado”), have received all consents and approvals from all gaming authorities necessary to consummate their previously announced merger (the “Merger”).

Forward-Looking Statements

This report includes “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations about future events. Further, statements that include words such as “expect” and “subject to,” or the negative of these words or other words or expressions of similar meaning may identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, including those regarding the timing and completion of the Merger, are necessarily estimates reflecting the best judgment of our management and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements should, therefore, be considered in light of various important factors set forth above and from time to time in each of Caesars’ and Eldorado’s recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including their respective reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K.

Currently, one of the most significant factors that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from these forward-looking statements is the potential effect of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The extent to which this public health emergency may affect the pending transactions will largely depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the impact of the actions taken to contain the public health emergency or mitigate its impact, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the public health emergency and measures to contain it (including various state governments’, tribal authorities’ and/or regulatory authorities’ issuance of directives, mandates, orders or similar actions restricting freedom of movement and business operations, such as travel restrictions, border closures, business closures, limitations on public gatherings, quarantines and “shelter-at-home” orders, any of which may result in the closure of business operations). Each of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on Caesars’ and its subsidiaries’ ability to consummate the Merger. In addition, changes and instability in global, national and regional economic activity and financial market activity as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency could negatively impact consumer discretionary spending and travel.

You are cautioned to not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Caesars undertakes no obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect new information, the occurrence of unanticipated events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

SIGNATURES

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.

CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

Date: July 17, 2020

/s/ Michelle Bushore

Michelle Bushore

Executive Vice President,

General Counsel,

Chief Legal & Risk Officer and Corporate Secretary

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