Golden Nugget is giving its biggest players a quieter place to play. The downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino officially opened a new 3,100-square-foot high-limit room on Thursday, Nov. 12, with a ribbon cutting and a charity blackjack tournament, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Key Takeaways
- The new room has 67 slot machines, five blackjack tables and two mini-baccarat tables.
- All five blackjack tables pay 3-to-2 and run without continuous shuffling machines.
- The room and July’s relocated poker room add up to more than $3 million in investment, according to the property.
- The $100,000 Gobble the Green Blackjack Tournament, open to the public, runs Nov. 13-15.
What’s inside
The space mixes high-limit slots and table games under one roof. Blackjack players can choose single-deck, double-deck and double-deck pitch games. Players get food and drink service ordered through the casino app, a private cashier window so they don’t have to leave the room to cash in or out, a private restroom and phone charging stations.
Why Golden Nugget built it
Senior vice president and general manager Cindy O’Keefe told the Review-Journal the room came straight from customer feedback. The old high-limit slot area was fairly open, and higher-end players wanted more privacy. “We listened to what the customer wanted,” she said.
The project was possible because Golden Nugget moved its poker room near the Rush Tower lobby in July, freeing up the old space. The property also recently finished renovating 27 suites in the Spa Tower, and O’Keefe said more renovations are planned for next year. Thursday’s opening tournament benefited Three Square Food Bank and U.S.VETS.
What it means for locals and visitors
For downtown regulars, the headline is the blackjack: 3-to-2 payouts with no continuous shufflers are getting harder to find, especially on the Strip. Bigger bettors who split time between slots and tables can now do both in one private room. The public Gobble the Green tournament wraps up today, Nov. 15. This is news coverage, not gambling or financial advice.
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