Speaking of casino, this is the newest kid on the block in Sin City

[theking]

It's called Durango Casino & Resort, and it's located right off the 215. I imagine the slot machines will be a little looser and the table games will have better odds to hook folks in during their grand opening in November, and then they will tighten things up after that...  :

[JonniJacko]

Nobody really knows how slots work.or to be accurate how they pay out. The by the book slot experts will say it's all random and base on luck But it does seem like when a casino first open, people seem to win more. Whether it's a coincidence or not, I can't say. I gamble seriously for many years and why I was somewhat successful was that what I learned about gambling and anything in life is nothing is truly random. There are patterns, trends and a nature to how everything works. Some of them are coincidental while some are actually due to whatever reason. Be it math, science, or simply the nature of something. Just like life. Nobody knows for sure what happens after someone dies. Those who do know, won't be able to prove it. Because then they will have to die and come back to life to prove it. Lols

Anyway, don't gamble. Once you win, that's how u get hook. Lols if u must. Only 10 spins on a random machine. If u gonna win anything nice it's usually within those first 10-16 spins. It's very rare to win anything nice after that. If u do win after that, it's just pure luck and the wins are usually just very crappy.

[DuMa]

they opened a bally's casino in chicago and grand opening, guess who lined up to go through them doors?  All kaydoos coming in there with their ebt and welfare money.  This isn't good for that city.  The hopeless will become desperate and crime will be on the rise.  Many families and lives will be in shackles due to gambling problems.

I fear for chicago

[theking]

Here are better stock photos of Durango. Will be open on turkey week:

[DuMa]

That casino is doing a massive job hiring for the grand opening but guess what?  The people that went to these job interviews all complained about having 0% chance of getting hired.  Why even waste the resources to recruit in the first place if you are not really hiring? 

Who are they really giving the first option to work there?  It turns out that there are a few nearby casinos that got the laid off slip so unless your resume shows that you are from there, you don't get first priority. 

I'm a strip kind of a guy.  If it is not on the strip and walking distance, I'm not going there.  I lived off  the strip.  I go to vegas for the strip.  I'm not interested in checking other casinos out.  I mean it is bad enough to lose to them casinos on the strip, I have to lose to casinos off the strip too?   

[theking]

"Money, money, money...MONEY!"

Durango Casino welcomes new business to the southwest Las Vegas valley

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A new commercial and retail development near the new Durango Casino is finally coming to life. It comes after years of planning and expansion.

“The Bend” is one of the many new developments in the area. It is joined by “The Uncommons,” which is on the other side of the 215.

Renaldo Wynn is one of the many business owners opening a new facility in this growing part of the valley. He and his wife own and operate Burn Bootcamp franchises. His newest one opens at The Bend development on Saturday, Sept. 30.

“We always knew somewhere in this area, whether it was Blue Diamond, Las Vegas, southwest, we would put a Burn over here, so it worked out,” Wynn stated. “Perfect timing as you can see Uncommons, Durango Station. At the end of the day, it worked out as the best location for us and we’re so excited to come here to the Las Vegas southwest area.”

Other businesses coming to the area include a 10,000-square-foot pickleball complex, along with many dining options like St. Felix, Freed’s Dessert Shop, The Great Greek, and a new brewery.

[theking]

Guess it's better to take time to do it right than rush and do it wrong  :

UPDATE: Durango casino opening delayed, as company pursues ‘first class’ opening

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The highly-anticipated opening of Station Casinos’ newest resort, Durango Casino and Resort, will be delayed, the company said Tuesday.

The Durango Casino and Resort is now set to open on Dec. 5, a release from Station Casinos said Tuesday. The new resort was originally scheduled to open its doors on Nov. 20. Lorenzo Fertitta, chairman of Station Casinos, said more time was needed to properly train staff onsite as portions of the property weren’t immediately ready.

According to the release, team members for the resort will be compensated for missed salaries and tips for that period, and guests with reservations for the resort were promised priority booking for future dates or rebooking at a different Station Casinos property.

“We continue to prepare for the scheduled opening of our Durango Resort, which we have now moved to December 5, to ensure a first-class opening of the property,” said the release from Station Casinos.

Those with restaurant reservations will be contacted by Station Casinos officials to make accommodations .

Fertitta, who was meeting with investors as the news came out, said, “We’re going to own this asset for a long time. The first impression is very important and quite honestly we have very high standards and we want to nail the opening.”

“For me and Frank (Fertitta III, Stations CEO), the most important thing is that the level of service on the day that we open is at the highest quality that it can be. So we think it’s obviously the right thing to do,” he said.

Company officials said during the third-quarter earnings call that expenses for Durango would still be about $780 million, or at least within 5% of that number.

Although nothing about the delay appeared related to the upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix, executives answered several questions related to the race as the Q3 call went on.

Scott Kreeger, Stations president, said the first F1 race would be a “learning experience,” and there might even be extra business for locals casinos because of the traffic created by the closures surrounding the racecourse on the Strip.

“We’re not quite as tied to F1 as some of the properties on the Strip,” Lorenzo Fertitta said. “It seems as though there has been some steam come out of people’s expectations for maybe what they thought that event would be maybe a year ago.”

“Room rates certainly have come down from where people’s expectations were,” he said.

Stations reported its third-best Q3 in company history, with net revenues from Las Vegas operations of $408 million. Adjusted earnings from Las Vegas operations were $191.4 million. Both figures were down from record-setting quarters in 2021 and 2022. The company has seen 86.2% occupancy at its hotels.

Frank Fertitta said the company was looking ahead to Super Bowl LVIII, to be played Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.


Kreeger said, “For the Super Bowl, you have 55 years of Super Bowl history. It’s always good in Las Vegas and now it happens to be here.”

While the F1 race and Culinary Union threats of a strike play out on the Strip, Stations is watching from a distance — its disputes with the union widely known.

“No one’s really sure what the outcome will be on the negotiations. Certainly it does have a ‘knock-on’ effect to us. We don’t mark ourselves to Strip wage,” Kreeger said. “We certainly want to stay competitive in the market, so to the degree we have to look at those positions and adjust, we’re prepared to do that.”

But is there also a chance higher wages for Strip workers will be spent at Stations casinos?

“The flipside, on the positive, is any raises that the Culinary workers on the Strip receive, keep in mind those are our customers when they come home at night,” Kreeger said.