After 16,30 hs yesterday, the doors of the Las Vegas Convention Center closed and a new edition of Global Gaming Expo came to an end, breaking records of exhibitors and attracting the attention of the whole industry to the world gambling capital. For three days, more than 750 companies showcased their products and services at the Convention Center, and more than 140 conferences allowed worldwide executives to debate about the most important issues of the sector.
Catfish Bend Casino received permission from state regulators today to shut down its struggling Fort Madison gambling boat, putting about 180 people out of work in southeast Iowa. The action by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission doesn’t affect Catfish Bend’s new USD 50 million casino and hotel complex in Burlington, which will remain open seven days a week. “The boat just can’t compete at this point and it wasn’t generating enough revenue to survive,” said Gary Hoyer, chief executive of Great River Entertainment Inc., the parent of Catfish Bend.
At midnight Saturday, the glazed glass doors of Saskatoon's Emerald Casino will slide shut on gamers for good, putting an end to patrons' routines, which sometimes stretch back decades. The Emerald is closing after the provincial government, which wanted just one casino in the Saskatoon area, struck a deal to compensate Prairieland Park with revenues from the new Dakota Dunes casino. The new CAD 61-million facility is set to open Aug. 10 on the Whitecap Dakota First Nation 30 kilometres south of Saskatoon.
Jul. 16, 2007 - Amid tears and hugs, the New Frontier closed its doors for good at 12:01 a.m. today. "I hate to say bye but I must say bye," said Helen Madison, a casino porter for 34 years, with tears in her eyes. The hotel estimated that 3,000 people were on the property at 11 p.m. Sunday, an hour before it was to close. Approximately 1,000 continued to mingle at 12:01 a.m. today, when an alarm sounded signaling the end of the Frontier.
Mystery surrounds the closure of a Fylde coast casino. Bosses at Stanley Casino in St Annes shut its doors for the final time last Saturday, moving its operation to Blackpool. Hundreds of members at the casino, based at The Island entertainment complex, were informed of the closure by letter. Around 50 full and part-time staff who worked at the St Annes complex have been found positions at other Stanley casinos in the North West.
