"O’Shea’s will continue to stay open as it is," even as the casino-hotel is redone around it, said Caesars Entertainment spokeswoman Celena Haas when we first approached her about the previous QoD, to which you refer (7/7/2014). We also asked Haas about the future of the Quad’s ‘dealertainers’ and she said, "No change, as of yet," which doesn't sound too conclusive, but is the best we can get from the powers that be right now.
Pressed further on the license issue, the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s senior research analyst replied simply, "O’Shea’s is on the Quad license." This fact renders your inquiry moot, since the "trailer Station" scenario applies only to casinos that do not conform to the current Nevada Revised Statute that dictates that a property must also have at least 200 hotel rooms in order to qualify for a non-restricted license (which basically means permission to operate table games and a lot more slot machines than your neighborhood bar or gas station). Indeed, we cannot recall an instance of a casino site on the Strip lying fallow long enough and not having enough hotel rooms to necessitate holding a one-day mobile casino. Both the former New Frontier and Stardust sites are prime examples.
Even in the unlikely event that O’Sheas were deemed an independent casino with no hotel rooms, it would have to be torn down and sit idle for two years for its non-restricted license to be in jeopardy. ‘Grandfathered’ casinos without 200 hotel rooms are only subject to biennial temporary casinos. So, whichever way you happen to peel this particular banana, we don't think you need to worry about O’Sheas going away and Caesars stresses it is very much a part of the Quad/Linq’s future. As to the dealertainers, time will tell.
