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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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  January 29, 2008


AMERICAN CASINO & ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
333-118149
20-0573058
(State of Incorporation)
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
 
File Number)
Identification No.)
 
2000 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 89104
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)

(702) 383-5242
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

On January 29, 2008, American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC (“ACEP”) issued a press release announcing that, in connection with the previously announced tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase all of the $215 million principal amount of the outstanding 7.85% Senior Secured Notes due 2012 co issued by ACEP and American Casino & Entertainment Finance Corp., the expiration date for the Tender Offer has been extended to 8:00 a.m., New York City time, on February 5, 2008, unless further extended, which expiration date is being extended to coincide with the anticipated closing date of the previously announced acquisition of ACEP (the “Acquisition”) by W2007/ACEP Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, a series of real estate investment funds sponsored and managed by The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and its affiliates. The full text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
Description
     
  99.1 Press release, dated January 29, 2008.
 



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
AMERICAN CASINO & ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES LLC
 
(Registrant)
         
 
By:
AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES CORP., its Sole Member
         
   
By:
/s/ Richard P. Brown  
     
Richard P. Brown
     
President and Chief Executive Officer

January 31, 2008