Tiverton Casino Hotel opened its doors
Tiverton Casino Hotel received this weekend its first clients with a special event.
US.- Last Saturday the Tiverton Casino Hotel opened its doors to the public for the first time, introducing a whole weekend of special events to the New England town in Rhode Island, United States.
“No, there’s no glitz and glamour here, and that’s exactly how we wanted it,” Joe Moore, the casino’s vice president and general manager, told Casino City after Thursday morning’s ribbon cutting. “Three years ago, when we had our original conversations with the people of Tiverton, there were worries about the casino having flashy neon signs and big spotlights all over the place. But we told them, that’s not us. That’s not what we want. That’s what we promised them.”
The 33,600-square-foot casino floor features 1,000 slot machines and 32 table games. There is a small racebook with 12 betting terminals in one corner that will offer pari-mutuel simulcast betting on thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing from most major U.S. tracks, as well as jai alai — and there’s a strong possibility of adding sports betting to the mix as soon as November. In the middle of the casino is a “stadium” set-up, with 18 “hybrid” seats that allow players to try their luck at table games against a common live dealer while sitting at their own station with interactive terminals.
The company, based in nearby Lincoln, also has the much larger Twin River Casino — located 35 miles away from Tiverton, north of Providence — in its portfolio, as well as Arapahoe Park in Colorado and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Biloxi on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Officials were quick to point out that the large majority of Newport Grand’s 160 employees accepted jobs at Tiverton Casino Hotel, which has more than 500 employees overall.
“Tiverton is a convenience casino,” said Moore. “It’s in a much more convenient location, just off the highway, and it’s on a significantly larger footprint. And we’ve added a hotel, which we didn’t have to offer to our guests in Newport. We’re confident we’ve given everyone involved exactly what we promised.”
