{"id":43658,"date":"2025-05-08T15:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=43658"},"modified":"2025-05-08T23:41:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:41:23","slug":"alex-dixon-reportedly-out-as-ceo-of-resorts-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/alex-dixon-reportedly-out-as-ceo-of-resorts-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Dixon Steps Down as CEO of Resorts World, Carlos Castro Steps Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A source familiar with the ongoing rodeo of WTF that is Resorts World tells us Alex Dixon is out as the beleaguered resort’s CEO.<\/p>\n

Alex Dixon took the role in January 2025. Resorts World has made no official announcement of the move.<\/p>\n

We also hear Resorts World’s COO and CFO, Carlos Castro, will step into the CEO role. Dixon is expected to stay on in a consulting capacity, which, in casino industry terms, means he’s was “quiet fired.”<\/p>\n

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If you like drama, Resorts World has been involved in more than its fair share<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We will not bore you with a recap of the recent history of Resorts World. Let’s just say it has not involved smooth sailing.<\/p>\n

A scandal related to anti-money laundering regulations brought down the resort’s former president, Scott Sibella.<\/p>\n

Since then, Resorts World has enlisted the help of high-profile executives to help Resorts World get its shit together. A Board of Directors is led by former MGM Resorts executive Jim Murren, along with former Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval.<\/p>\n

Don’t get us started about the hilarity of Jim Murren overseeing a resort following an anti-money laundering kerfuffle when he was Scott Sibella’s boss at MGM Resorts.<\/p>\n

The Board also includes A.G. Burnett, a former gaming regulator who we understand helped get Resorts World’s kerfuffle-related fine reduced<\/a>, bigtime.<\/p>\n

Gaming regulators called the Resorts World Boar of Directors a “dream team.” That’s because Nevada gaming regulators “aren’t very good at what they do.”<\/p>\n

Anyway, it turns out we did sort of bore you with a recap of the recent history of Resorts World.<\/p>\n

We trust Mr. Murren was the reason for Dixon’s “stepping down.” Dixon didn’t appear a great fit to helm a massive Strip casino.<\/p>\n

Dixon’s most recent gig was CEO of Q Casino & Resort and the Dubuque Racing Association in Iowa.<\/p>\n

All due respect to Iowa, but seriously?<\/p>\n

Everyone we’ve talked to says Dixon is well-liked, so it doesn’t sound like the issues were personality-related, other than some rumblings about him butting heads with Carlos Castro occasionally. (Castro reportedly won.)<\/p>\n

The most visible aspect of Dixon’s short run as CEO was when he was dragged into a messy fail related to a MrBeast experience the resort forgot to provide.<\/p>\n

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