Will Binion's Ever Reopen Its Hotel Rooms?

With talk of Downtown Grand adding a new hotel tower and the dismantling of Las Vegas Club underway for a new hotel, I was wondering, what about Binion's? Is there any word from their camp of reopening the hotel? Seems surprising with the apparent perceived demand of hotel rooms that an existing property couldn't be revived for less than the cost of new construction.

Tim Lagger, general manager of Binion’s Gambling Hall, tells us, “We ultimately want to reopen the rooms. That’s our goal. We don’t have any time frame yet. It’s not a cosmetic remodel; it’s major. The tower was built in 1965. It needs all new plumbing and heating, and fire-system upgrades. Everything but the concrete structure — that’s in good shape — needs to be retouched.

"In the last couple of years, we’ve seen a lot more interest [in downtown]. That’s definitely helped us.”

So don’t expect any near-term announcements, but if the growth in downtown gaming revenue continues to boom, Binion’s will be well-positioned to capitalize on it.

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Emmanuel Asprakis Sep-10-2017

Binions rooms

I guess they are waiting for next economic downturn.

Kevin Rough Sep-10-2017

They need a lot of help

I stayed at Binion's about 4 months before it closed the hotel.  The ice machines were always out of ice.  You would be going from floor to floor with a small group of people looking for one that worked.  Our toilet had difficulty flushing to the point where we just started to fill a waste basket with water from the shower and poor it into the toilet to the flush.  Our room was on the side facing Fremont Street so it was loud in the evening.  And the AC was definitely on its last legs as the room never got cool enough at night to sleep.

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