Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:58:39 +0100

Guests looking for more of a formal dining experience can find it at Ruthie’s, a steak and seafood establishment. Ruthie’s is only open for dinner. It is the most expensive restaurant at Riverside. A couple can expect to pay around $70 a meal (less alcoholic beverages).

The Riverside Casino Hotel

With all of its opportunities, Riverside is somewhat of a small facility. The hotel offers 199 hotel rooms and eight golf villas. Hotel rooms are decorated in more of a contemporary style, with somewhat of a Vegas flair. Each room comes standard with king or queen beds, a view of the golf course (although some views are obstructed by the parking lot), luxurious bedding, a unique glass enclosed shower, flat screen television, refrigerator, iPod/Mp3 compatible alarm clock and free high-speed internet access. Guests can upgrade to a suite which includes a whirlpool tub, kitchenette, private deck and separate living area. The hotel also offers an indoor/outdoor pool, fitness center (which is shared with the staff) and specialty boutiques.

Recently Riverside completed a condominium project near the casino. These villas sleep 4-6 guests and offer fully equipped kitchens, washer/dryer, flat screen televisions, private decks and a fireplace.

Riverside is in a very secluded area. In fact there are no shopping centers or restaurants anywhere near the facility. Guests wishing to eat or shop somewhere other than the hotel will need to drive to either Iowa City or Cedar Springs.

Lyon County Casino resort officials announced last week that the Lyon County Resort & Casino has changed its name to Grand Falls Casino Resort.

“We felt that the Grand Falls name better represents our resort and the region,” stated Dan Kehl, CEO of Grand Falls Casino Resort.

“This project has economic benefit for the entire tri-state region,” he continued. “The economic benefits do not stop at state lines. We will employ over 700 people from the tri-state region and we are looking forward to working with all of the area businesses to promote the region.”

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission at its July 29 meeting were scheduled to approve contracts for several portions of the construction project. On the agenda were AAA Pools, swimming pools; Allied Construction Services, access floors and operable partitions; Altorfer Inc., emergency generators; American Structural Metals Inc., structural steel material; APEX, cementious fireproofing; Brockway Co. Inc., mechanical; Engineering America Inc., water storage tank; F.M. Acoustical Tile Inc., acoustical, wood fiber and linear wood strip ceilings; Fluidyne Corp., wastewater treatment facility;

Grazzini Brothers & Co., tiling and granite stair components; Heartland Glass Co., aluminum entrances, storefronts, auto entrances, windows; Midwestern Mechanical, fire suppression; Millard Lumber Inc., rough carpentry hotel framing; Molin Concrete Products Co., precast structural concrete material; Myrl & Roy’s, HMA paving; Reliance Electric, electrical;

Riverside Casino & Golf Resort LLC, service agreement; Sands Drywall, drywall and EIFS; Schelling Construction Inc., finish carpentry installation; Schindler Elevator Corp., elevators; Seedorf Masonry Inc., masonry; Story Construction, architectural precast metal, structural steel erection; TSP, building foundations, concrete slabs/toppings, and Joel and Lorna Stevens, land purchase.

Grand Falls Casino Resort is scheduled to open in the summer of 2011. The resort will feature casino floor with 900 slot machines, 24 table games and eight poker tables; 100-room hotel; 1,200-seat event center; buffet; fine dining steak and seafood restaurant; café/deli; show lounge; spa; indoor/outdoor pools; boutique; gift shop; wellness center and 18-hole golf course projected to open in 2013.

Progress of the construction can be viewed via live webcam at www.grandfallscasinoresort.com.

Encompasses region

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:07:19 +0100

What are the names of fictitious companies?

Some of them I've noticed is the Oceanic Airlines (Executive Agreement, Passenger 57, Lost) Tanger Hotel (Casino, Las Vegas) Morley Cigarettes (X-Files), Red Apple cigarettes (Pulp Fiction) You can also make some of your own if you want

1. Dunder Mifflin (office) 2 Montecito Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas) 3 Monster Joe Truck and Tow (Pulp Fiction) 4 Firecracker bar (Black Donnellys) 5 Shenaniganz (still waiting and waiting)

Tangiers Tower View, Sahara Casino, Las Vegas

What are the names of fictitious companies?

Some of them I've noticed is the Oceanic Airlines (Executive Agreement, Passenger 57, Lost) Tanger Hotel (Casino, Las Vegas) Morley Cigarettes (X-Files), Red Apple cigarettes (Pulp Fiction) You can also make some of your own if you want

1. Dunder Mifflin (office) 2 Montecito Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas) 3 Monster Joe Truck and Tow (Pulp Fiction) 4 Firecracker bar (Black Donnellys) 5 Shenaniganz (still waiting and waiting)

Tangiers Tower View, Sahara Casino, Las Vegas

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:25:48 +0100

Join the Elvis fun this upcoming weekend, August 26-29, at Oneida Casino, located at 2020 Airport Drive, Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The Rockin' 'E' Jamboree will showcase many of the world’s premier Elvis tribute artists, including top names like Bill Cherry, Donny Edwards, Dwight Icenhower and more, performing works from various stages of Elvis’ career. Also participating in the festivities are some of Elvis’ former close friends and associates, including Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honoree Wanda Jackson, guitarist James Burton and drummer D.J. Fontana!Additionally, some of the best rockabilly artists will perform and Eddie Clendening, will be portraying Elvis from the Broadway Musical, “The Million Dollar Quartet!” The festival will also feature a preliminary round of the 2011 Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest. For more about the contest, contact Brown Productions LLC at 262-338-2498 or visit Brown Productions web site. Four-day passes are $40 and are available at all Oneida Casino Ticket Star Locations. Order online at ticketstaronline.com or charge by phone at 800-895-0071.

 

 

The New York State Liquor Authority held a meeting on Wednesday to consider a liquor sales arrangement at the Oneida Nation casino.

The tribe entered into a partnership with the owners of the Beeches Restaurant. The tribe will lease space at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino to CD Food & Beverage, which applied for the state permits.

There was some opposition to the permits, The Utica Observer-Dispatch reported. The board gave people another week to comment on the proposal and will make a decision at another meeting next Wednesday.

The board in the past has denied permits to the tribe due to legal issues, mostly concerning taxation. The new partnership would appear to address some of those concerns because CD Food would collect a bed tax and a sales tax.

Get the Story:
Liquor may be quicker for tax collection at Turning Stone (The Rome Observer 4/29)
State holds off on allowing alcohol to be served throughout Turning Stone (The Utica Observer-Dispatch 4/29)
New York Liquor Authority delays ruling on Beeches' proposal to serve alcohol throughout Turning Stone Casino (The Oneida Dispatch 4/28)

An Opinion:
Our view: Liquor deal could be door to tax equity (The Utica Observer-Dispatch 4/29)

Related Stories:
New York liquor board considers alcohol at Oneida casino (4/28)
Permit could lead to liquor sales at Oneida Nation casino (4/14)