“I open my house and give them the opportunity to stay there,” he said. He invites the new hires to live in his home in a quiet subdivision about 15 minutes from the casino. And he’s like a dad for many of the younger transplants from the island. Now he’s become a conduit for others seeking to relocate. Perez responded that plenty of others might like jobs, too.
A friend of his at Horseshoe called and said: 'Maybe you could try my casino.' The elder Perez, a former casino dealer and manager, was working with a Puerto Rican tourism commission last year that had to cut its budget in the hurricane’s wake.
