Baha Mar hires gaming execs but will it make April 21 opening?

It’s anyone guess if the troubled Baha Mar resort casino in the Bahamas will make its latest scheduled opening date, but they continue to assemble the necessary team just in case.

The new owners of the oft-delayed $3.5b Baha Mar project announced their new casino executive team on Monday. Alex Pariente will serve as executive VP of casino operations and marketing, while John Zaremba is the new VP of casino operations.

Until recently, Pariente was chief gaming officer for Hard Rock International’s Punta Cana resort in the Dominican Republic and before that worked at Wynn Encore in Las Vegas. Zaremba was VP of gaming operations at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas and has also done stints at Las Vegas Sands’ Nevada properties.

Baha Mar’s first casino employees reportedly began their training regimen this weekend. The 100k-square-foot casino floor plans to boast 1,100 slot machines and 125 gaming tables when it opens to the public. Note: we said ‘plans to’.