Gaming History - Week of August 23, 2020
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| August 23rd |
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| 2020 - Sunday |
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| 2014 - Las Vegas Nevada. The SLS Hotel & Casino Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It is owned by SBE Entertainment and Stockbridge Real Estate. The renovated property reopened on August 23, 2014] after a $415 million renovation as part of SBE's chain of SLS hotels. On February 14, 2013, Nazarian announced the groundbreaking for the $415 million conversion of the hotel into the SLS Las Vegas. The hotel opened on August 23, 2014. It contains 1,600 rooms, a casino, four nightclubs, the clothing store Fred Segal and various restaurants. The name "SLS" was chosen by Nazarian to denote style, luxury and service. On September 6, 2014, Hilton Worldwide added the SLS to its specialty Curio brand.The facility offers 80,000 sq ft of event space, 9 dining establishments, an open air rooftop pool/nightclub, and the Ciel Spa. |
| Link to: SLS Casino/ Hotel Website
Link to: SLS Hotel and Casino Wikipedia |
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| Exterior of SLS Hotel /Casino |
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| August 24th |
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| 2020 - Monday |
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| 1962 - Las Vegas, NV. Club Bingo opens at 23 E. Fremont Street, downtown Las Vegas. |
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| 2018 - Springfield, Massachusetts.. MGM Springfield is a $960 million resort casino under construction in Springfield, Massachusetts. The casino, which is scheduled to open on August 24th, 2018, will be owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. . |
| Link to: MGM Springfield Casino
Link to: MGM Springfield Wikipedia |
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| August 26th |
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| 2020 - Wednesday |
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| 2002 - Philadelphia, MS. Golden Moon Casino opens. |
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| August 27th |
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| 2020 - Thursday |
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| 1965 - Detroit, MI. Wilbur Clark was an American casino owner and land developer from Las Vegas, Nevada.He died of a heart attack on August 27, 1965. |
| Link to: Wilbur Clark Wikipedia
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| Wilbur Clark |
Wilbur Clark in front of the Desert Inn |
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| August 28th |
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| 2020 - Friday |
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| 1992 - Biloxi, MS. Biloxi Belle opens. |
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| 2007 - Macau. The Venetian Macao (Chinese: 澳門威尼斯人) is a luxury hotel and casino resort in Macau owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company. The Venetian is a 39-story, casino hotel on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The 10,500,000-square-foot (980,000 m2) Venetian Macao is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas. The Venetian Macao is the largest casino in the world, the largest single structure hotel building in Asia, and also the seventh-largest building in the world by floor area.The main hotel tower was finished in July 2007 and the resort officially opened on 28 August 2007.[2] The resort has 3,000 suites, 1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2) of convention space, 1,600,000 sq ft (150,000 m2) of retail, 550,000 square feet (51,000 m2) of casino space – with 3,400 slot machines and 800 gambling tables and the 15,000-seat Cotai Arena for entertainment and sports events.
The lead architect for the Venetian Macao was Aedas and HKS, Inc. joint venture, who were responsible for the design, coordination. |
| Link to: The Venetian Macau Website
Link to: The Venetian Macau Wikipedia |
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| 2008 - Sunrise Manor Nevada. Eastside Cannery Casino and Hotel is a locals casino on the Boulder Strip in Sunrise Manor, Nevada, owned and operated by Boyd Gaming. The Eastside Cannery has 65,000 sq ft (6,000 m2) of casino space, 307 hotel rooms, a special events ballroom, a private club on the 16th floor, one restaurant, and two bars. |
| Link to: Eastside Cannery Website
Link to: Eastside Cannery Website |
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| August 29th |
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| 2020 - Saturday |
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| 1994 - Robinsonville, MS. Circus Circus opens. |
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| 2005 - Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast with high winds, heavy rains and a 30-foot (9.1 m) storm surge, causing massive damage to the area. Every casino on the Gulf Coast was severly damaged or destroyed. The Hard Rock casino in Biloxi was completed and scheduled to open any day when the hurricaine hit. |
| Link to: Wikipedia: Hurricaine Katrina
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| Hard Rock Hotel before Katrina |
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| 2017 - Deadwood, SD. Midnight Star closes. |
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