About RHG

RHG is a hospitality company focused on identifying investment opportunities in the hospitality space and providing owners with a highly experienced group of sophisticated operators.  With over three decades of industry experience managing all aspects of integrated resorts, we are confident we can provide the necessary leadership to manage any asset.  We are highly focused on employee culture, brand positioning and marketing efforts, financial results and strategic brand partnerships that increase asset valuation.  Coupled with our comprehensive knowledge of the design and development process including construction oversight, we can provide the strategic partnership that investors are coveting

This is showcased by our recent work with the transformation of a Las Vegas icon where we served as the asset management team with all development and construction reporting to our principals.  The principals at RHG completed the $300M+ rebranding and repositioning of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino into Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, one of the largest rebranding efforts in Las Vegas history. 

During the process we negotiated all operating, management, and franchise agreements, participated in the procurement of all FF&E and OS&E, provided construction management, and performed property operations as the asset manager.

We are passionate about the hospitality industry and are committed to making the process easy for our investors or clients.  Our management philosophy is centered on being highly engaged with the employees and the asset financials, so we have a comprehensive understanding of the business.

Gary Scott - Principal

Gary is a 30-year Las Vegas hospitality veteran with experience in large scale, integrated resorts.  His experience includes direct supervision of hotel, casino and food & beverage operations, finance, compliance, marketing, player development, daylife/nightlife and entertainment.  He has held senior executive leadership positions at MGM Resorts International and was also the property General Manager at Hard Rock Las Vegas for five years.  In this role, he was responsible for an integrated resort that generated upwards of $220M in annual revenue with over 2,000 employees, 1,500 rooms and multiple entertainment venues and F&B operations.  

Most recently, Gary joined JC Hospitality, the ownership group at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas ("VHLV"), as the COO.  He managed operations and development and oversaw the rebranding efforts of VHLV.  This included the design and construction groups that were responsible for the $300M renovation.  At the completion of the project, his role expanded into overseeing the development efforts of JC Hospitality’s portfolio, sourcing investment opportunities, identifying concepts/strategic partners and negotiating contracts for new projects.

Gary holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration from UNLV.

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Chris Cosenza - Principal

Chris' 25-year career has spanned technology, real estate, gaming operations, finance, entertainment, hospitality and private equity hotel development.

The bulk of his career was spent at Ameristar Casinos in which Chris held Corporate Leadership positions in entertainment, nightlife, player development, guest experience, strategic development and i-Gaming.

Over the past 5 years, Chris was the Senior Vice President of Strategy for JC Hospitality at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas of which his core responsibility in this role was the oversight of third-party tenants and operators from due diligence, selection, drafting and negotiating management/lease agreements, project design and construction assists with selected designers and contractors.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science from Boston College and an MBA from Northeastern University.