Pinnacle Entertainment Names Carlos Ruisanchez CFO

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. PNK announced today that Carlos Ruisanchez, 40, currently the Company's Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Development, has been named to the additional role of Chief Financial Officer. The appointment is effective April 1, 2011, subject to the satisfaction of regulatory approvals, and follows the previously announced March 31, 2011 departure of current Pinnacle Chief Financial Officer, Stephen H. Capp. Mr. Ruisanchez reports to Pinnacle Entertainment's President and Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Sanfilippo.