Exhibit 3.52
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT
OF
W2007 ARIZONA CHARLIE’S
PROPCO, L.P.
This LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
of W2007 Arizona Charlie’s Propco, L.P. (the “
Partnership ”), dated and effective as of February 20,
2008 (as amended from time to time, this “ Agreement
”), by and between (i) W2007 ACEP First Mezzanine B Borrower,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, in its capacity as the sole
limited partner of the Partnership (the “ Limited
Partner ”); and (ii) W2007 Arizona Charlie’s
Gen-Par, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, in its
capacity as the sole general partner of the Partnership (the
“ General Partner ”) (the Limited Partner and
the General Partner, and each substitute or additional partner of
the Partnership are hereinafter each referred to as a “
Partner ” and collectively referred to as the “
Partners ”).
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, W2007 Arizona
Charlie’s Propco, L.L.C. (the “ LLC ”) was
formed by W2007/ACEP Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ ACEP Holdings ”), as its sole equity
member, pursuant to the statutes and laws of the State of Delaware
relating to limited liability companies, including, without
limitation, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C.
Section 18-101, et seq.), as amended from time to time (the “
LLC Act ”), by (i) the filing of a Certificate of
Formation of the LLC, dated as of February 7, 2008, in the Office
of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 7,
2008 and (ii) the execution of that certain Limited Liability
Company Agreement dated as of the date hereof and effective as of
February 7, 2008;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain
Omnibus Assignment of Interests (Propcos, Propco Gen-Pars, Ninth
Mezz Co-Borrowers & Ninth Mezz Gen-Pars), dated as of the date
hereof, by and among ACEP Holdings, Stratosphere LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ Stratosphere LLC
”), Stratosphere Land LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ Stratosphere Land LLC ”), Aquarius
Gaming LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“ Aquarius
LLC ”), Arizona Charlie’s, LLC, a Nevada limited
liability company (“ Arizona Charlie’s LLC
”), and Fresca, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
(“ Fresca LLC ”), among other things, ACEP
Holdings assigned, transferred and conveyed a 100% limited
liability company interest in the LLC to Arizona Charlie’s
LLC and Arizona Charlie’s LLC was admitted to the LLC as a
member and, immediately following such admission, ACEP Holdings
ceased to be a member of the LLC;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain
Grant, Bargain, Sale Deed, dated as of the date hereof, by and
between Arizona Charlie’s LLC and the LLC, Arizona
Charlie’s LLC granted, bargained, sold and conveyed the
property described on Exhibit C attached hereto (the “
Property ”) to the LLC;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain
Omnibus Admission of Non-Economic Members (Propco), dated as of the
date hereof, by and among Stratosphere LLC, Stratosphere Land LLC,
Aquarius LLC, Arizona Charlie’s LLC, Fresca, LLC, the General
Partner, W2007 Stratosphere Land Gen-Par, L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company, W2007 Aquarius Gen-Par, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company, W2007 Stratosphere Gen-Par,
L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, and W2007 Fresca
Gen-Par, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, among other
things, the General Partner was admitted to the LLC as a
non-economic member;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain
Omnibus Assignment of Interests (Propcos & Propco Gen-Pars),
dated as of the date hereof, by and among Stratosphere LLC,
Stratosphere Land LLC, Aquarius LLC, Arizona Charlie’s LLC,
Fresca, LLC, the Limited Partner and W2007 ACEP First Mezzanine A
Borrower, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, among other things,
(i) Arizona Charlie’s LLC assigned, transferred and conveyed
a 100% limited liability company interest in the General Partner to
the Limited Partner and the Limited Partner was admitted to the
General Partner as its sole equity member, (ii)Arizona
Charlie’s LLC assigned, transferred and conveyed a 100%
limited liability company interest in the LLC to the Limited
Partner and the Limited Partner was admitted to the LLC as a member
and (iii) immediately following such admissions, Arizona
Charlie’s LLC both ceased to be a member of the General
Partner and ceased to be a member of the LLC;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the LLC
was converted to a limited partnership pursuant to Section 17-217
of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.
C. § 17-101, et seq .), as amended from time
to time (the “ Act ”), and Section 18-216 of the
LLC Act by causing the filing with the office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware of a Certificate of Conversion to
Limited Partnership and a Certificate of Limited Partnership (the
“ Certificate of Limited Partnership ” and such
conversion, the “ Conversion ”);
WHEREAS, effective as of the time of
the Conversion, (i) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the
LLC and all other existing organizational documents of the LLC were
replaced and superseded in their entirety by this Agreement and the
Certificate of Limited Partnership, (ii) the General Partner was
admitted as the sole general partner of the Partnership, and the
Limited Partner was admitted as the sole limited partner of the
Partnership and (iii) the General Partner and the Limited Partner
continued the business of the LLC without dissolution in the form
of a Delaware limited partnership governed by this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to carry
out their intent as expressed above and in consideration of the
mutual agreements hereinafter contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby covenant and agree as
follows:
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1.
Name . The name of the Partnership continued hereby is
W2007 Arizona Charlie’s Propco, L.P.
2.
Purpose . (a) The Partnership was solely formed
for the purpose of acquiring, financing, refinancing, holding,
developing, owning, selling, leasing, transferring, exchanging,
managing, maintaining and operating the Property, entering into and
performing its obligations under the Loan Documents (as defined
below), refinancing the Property in connection with a permitted
repayment of the Loan (as defined below) in accordance with the
Loan Agreement (as defined below) and transacting any and all
lawful business that is incident, necessary and appropriate to
accomplish the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, unless and until that certain loan in the
original principal amount of one billion one hundred seven million
nine hundred ninety nine thousand nine hundred ten dollars
($1,107,999,910) (the “ Loan ”) and evidenced by
that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Loan
Agreement ”), among Goldman Sachs Commercial Mortgage
Capital, L.P, a Delaware limited partnership (together with its
successors and assigns, “ Lender ”), the
Partnership, W2007 Aquarius Propco, L.P., W2007 Stratosphere Land
Propco, L.P., W2007 Stratosphere, L.P. and W2007 Fresca Propco,
L.P., is no longer outstanding, or unless otherwise approved by
Lender, the Partnership shall not engage in any business, and it
shall have no purpose, unrelated to that described in the first
sentence of this Section 2(a) and shall not acquire any real
property or own assets other than such assets and interests as are
necessary or desirable and are not prohibited by the terms of the
Loan Agreement for the Partnership to own in conjunction with
carrying out the purposes of the Partnership. Except to the
extent permitted in the Loan Agreement, the Partnership shall not
engage in any business other than the acquisition, financing,
refinancing, holding, development, ownership, sale, leasing,
transferring, exchanging, management, maintenance and operation of
the Property.
(b)
The Partnership, and the General Partner on behalf of the
Partnership, are hereby authorized to enter into, execute, deliver
and perform the agreements set forth in Exhibit A attached
hereto and any and all other documents, instruments, contracts,
papers, certificates, guaranties, indemnities or agreements
necessary, appropriate or desirable to effect, consummate or
facilitate the transactions and arrangements contemplated by the
Loan Agreement (including, without limitation, financing
statements) (the “ Loan Documents ”) without any
further act, vote or approval of any Person (as defined herein),
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary. The foregoing authorization shall not be deemed a
restriction on the power of the General Partner to enter into other
agreements on behalf of the Partnership in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and the Loan Agreement.
(c)
The existence of the Partnership as a separate legal entity shall
continue until cancellation of the Certificate of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership as provided in this Agreement and
under the Act.
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(d)
Upon the occurrence of any event that causes the Limited Partner to
cease to be a limited partner of the Partnership (other than upon
an assignment by the Limited Partner of all of its limited partner
interest in the Partnership and the admission of the transferee as
a limited partner pursuant to Sections 14 and 15), the person
acting as a Springing Limited Partner (as defined below) shall,
without any action of any Person and simultaneously with the
Limited Partner ceasing to be a limited partner of the Partnership,
automatically be admitted to the Partnership as a Special Limited
Partner (as defined below) and shall continue the Partnership
without dissolution. No Special Limited Partner may resign
from the Partnership or transfer its rights as Special Limited
Partner unless a successor Special Limited Partner has been
admitted to the Partnership as Special Limited Partner by executing
a counterpart to this Agreement; provided, however, the Special
Limited Partner shall automatically cease to be a limited partner
of the Partnership upon the admission to the Partnership of a
substitute Limited Partner. The Special Limited Partner shall
be a limited partner of the Partnership that has no interest in the
profits, losses and capital of the Partnership and has no right to
receive any distributions of Partnership assets. A Special
Limited Partner shall not be required to make any capital
contributions to the Partnership and shall not receive a limited
partner interest in the Partnership. A Special Limited
Partner, in its capacity as Special Limited Partner, may not bind
the Partnership. Except as required by any mandatory
provision of the Act or this Agreement, the Special Limited
Partner, in its capacity as Special Limited Partner, shall have no
right to vote on, approve or otherwise consent to any action by, or
matter relating to, the Partnership, including, without limitation,
the merger, consolidation or conversion of the Partnership.
In order to implement the admission to the Partnership of the
Special Limited Partner, the person acting as a Springing Limited
Partner shall execute a counterpart to this Agreement. Prior
to its admission to the Partnership as Special Limited Partner, the
person acting as a Springing Limited Partner shall not be a limited
partner of the Partnership.
“ Special Limited
Partner ” means, upon such Person’s admission to
the Partnership as a limited partner of the Partnership pursuant to
this Section 2(d), a person acting as a Springing Limited Partner,
in such person’s capacity as a limited partner of the
Partnership. A Special Limited Partner shall only have the
rights and duties expressly set forth in this Agreement.
“ Springing Limited
Partner ” means a Person who is not a limited partner,
but who has executed a counterpart of this Agreement in order that,
upon the occurrence of the conditions set forth in this Section
2(d), such Person can become the Special Limited Partner in order
that the Partnership at all times shall have at least one limited
partner.
3.
Registered Office; Registered Agent . The address of
the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware
is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center,
1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
19801. The name and address of the registered agent of the
Partnership for service of process on the Partnership in the State
of Delaware is The Corporation Trust
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Company, Corporation Trust
Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
19801.
4.
Principal Place of Business . The principal place of
business of the Partnership is 85 Broad Street, 10
th
Floor, New
York, New York 10004.
5.
Partners . (a) The name of the sole general
partner of the Partnership is W2007 Arizona Charlie’s
Gen-Par, L.L.C. The name of the sole limited partner of the
Partnership is W2007 ACEP First Mezzanine B Borrower,
L.P.
(b)
For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Affiliate
” shall mean, as to any Person (as defined herein), any other
Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is
controlled by or is under common control with, such Person.
As used in this definition, the term “control” means
the ownership, directly or indirectly, of at least 51% of the
equity interests in and the right to at least 51% of distributions
from such Person and/or possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of management, policies or
activities of a Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
(c)
For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Person ”
shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, estate, trust, unincorporated
association, any federal, state, county or municipal government or
any bureau, department or agency thereof and any fiduciary acting
in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing.
(d)
Subject to the express terms of this Agreement, which shall take
precedence, the Partners shall have all of the rights and powers
granted to the Partners pursuant to the Act.
(e)
To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Partner waives any and
all rights that it may have to maintain an action for partition of
the Partnership’s property.
(f)
No Limited Partner shall have the right, privilege, or power to
perform any act on behalf of the Partnership, including, without
limitation, executing or delivering any contracts, agreements,
assignments, leases, mortgages and other security instruments and
deeds and all other documents and instruments.
(g)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, so long as the Loan is
outstanding, (i) the Partnership shall have one general partner
which, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including Section
17-1101(d) of the Act, shall consider only the interests of the
Partnership and (ii) the General Partner shall at all times have at
least two Non-Economic Members (as defined in the Amended and
Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the General
Partner, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Limited
Liability Company Agreement of the General Partner
”).
(h)
Subject to Section 18, a Partner may act by written
consent.
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6.
Management of the Partnership . The management of the
Partnership shall be vested exclusively in the General
Partner. The Limited Partner shall have no part in the
management of the Partnership and shall have no authority or right
to act on behalf of the
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