MontBleu has hired a general manager who is well acquainted with gaming and tourism in Northern Nevada.

Tim Maland takes over the 437-room hotel with its 40,000-square-feet of casino floor at a time when all the Stateline properties are trying to figure out how to lure people to rooms and tables.

Maland was president of the Reno Hilton from 2001-06. He was director of the Nevada Commission on Tourism from 2007-08.