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LV-Based Timeshare Company Sold For $2.2B

A timeshare company based in Las Vegas is being sold to a private investment firm.

The price? $2.2 billion.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports Diamond Resorts International is being sold to Apollo Global Management, with the sale expected to close in the next few months.

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Apollo may be a familiar name to some in the area – the company was one that helped acquire Caesars Entertainment in 2008.

Diamond Resorts manages more than 400 properties worldwide.

The Wall Street Journal reports Apollo Global Management has been acquiring a wide portfolio of businesses this year, including grocery chain Fresh Market as well as the company that operates the University of Phoenix online college.

Casey Morell is the coordinating producer of Nevada Public Radio's flagship broadcast State of Nevada and one of the station's midday newscast announcers. (He's also been interviewed by Jimmy Fallon, whatever that's worth.)