Partouche laid the foundation stone for La Ciotat casino
The Partouche Group held a ceremony for its €10 million (US$11 million) projected outdoor casino in France.
France.- Isidore and Patrick Partouche, founder and president of France’s largest casino group, the Partouche Group, laid the foundation stone for Partouche’s open air casino in La Ciotat.
Earlier this year, it was decided to relocate to a new hotel closer to Marseille from its existing license at Casino Flots Bleus. The historic shipbuilding city is located within a 30-minute drive from Marseille.
The €10 million (US$11 million) outdoor project will have gaming floors both inside and outside with 150 slot machines. Architectural firm Marc Fercy designed the building where the players will be shielded from the elements by huge canvas umbrellas. The casino will look like an overturned boat hull and it will have a terrace of 1.300 m2 and hedges of prickly plants will line glass walls which will provide security. The casino is expected to open in March 2017.
Partouche is hopeful that the new site, where players will be able to smoke, will see a 20 percent increase in GGR over that of the Flots Bleus location. Partouche’s French casinos which earned €514.5 million (US$580 million) in 2015 saw a decline of 2.1 percent, along with the French casino sector, which experienced a decline of 2.6 percent partly due to the 2008 smoking ban.
