At a time when casinos are closing poker rooms, gamers in southwest Virginia now have a brand new possibility. The Laborious Rock Lodge & On line casino Bristol formally opened in November, however unveiled a model new poker site on Friday.
The room options 14 tables and can unfold a wide range of money video games and tournaments.
“We’re excited to carry a first-class poker site to Laborious Rock Bristol,” Vice President of Gaming Operations Alan Thompson stated. “With a mixture of money video games and event play, we’re providing one thing for each poker participant, whether or not they’re native or touring from afar. We look ahead to welcoming company from throughout the area and past to expertise our state-of-the-art venue.”
The poker site is non-smoking and conveniently positioned subsequent to the on line casino’s new non-smoking gaming area, guaranteeing a snug and satisfying ambiance for all gamers.
Bristol is positioned on the border with Tennessee and has the potential to usher in gamers from that state as properly. Beforehand, poker gamers within the space needed to journey about three hours south to Cherokee, North Carolina or east to Danville, Virginia to seek out dwell motion.
The 620,000-square-foot on line casino additionally has 1,500 slot machines, 50 desk video games, a sportsbook, greater than 300 lodge rooms, and a 2,000-plus seat leisure venue. Florida’s Seminole tribe owns the Laborious Rock model and has expanded the corporate’s on line casino enterprise throughout the nation during the last decade, together with buying the Mirage in Las Vegas in 2021.
The poker site opening bucks a development within the trade. A number of poker rooms have closed in Las Vegas lately, together with the Sahara shutting the on line casino’s room in November.