What Happens to Old Furnishings after Renovations to Casinos?

It seems I read, weekly if not daily, of renovations and updates being done to various casino bars, lounges, guest rooms, etc. I'm curious, what happens to all the old furnishings such as chairs, desks, etc.? Are they sold off, donated, sent to landfills?

All of the above. And then some. But we'd say that mostly, they're "remarketed" by auction houses and/or liquidators.

For large lots, for example when an entire hotel-casino is imploded, a lot goes to an auction house, then is sold off in big lots to the highest bidders. Liquidators will package sellable furnishings in smaller lots and sell them to hotels, motels, restaurants, and bars around the country.

A lot of junk that should have been thrown away years ago (every business has plenty of it) is trucked to the dump. And some stuff that can't quite be sold, but is too good to be trashed, will be donated for the write-off, especially if there's some publicity value in it (to show how generous the casinos are with their castoffs).

A few liquidators have showrooms in Las Vegas and sell furnishings to the public. One such is The Liquidators, located on Arville just south of Harmon. In a recent report, the owner said he'd been working with Station Casinos for six weeks before the announcement that the Fiestas and Texas Station were being demolished. The Liquidators is reselling everything from beds and bureaus to carpeting, artwork to televisions, barstools to gaming tables.

One unusual case was the Fontainebleau. When construction was shut down amidst bankruptcy proceedings, its furnishings were sold off, mostly to the Plaza; the Downtown Grand brought several of its fancy escalators at fire-sale prices.

Also, some items are retained by the casinos for various purposes. This is often the case when a property is sold and the new owners keep anything of value or whatever existing contents they like. The generic stuff is liquidated for sure, but when the San Remo was sold to Hooters, for example, the casino was completely remodeled and rebranded. But the huge chandelier in the middle of the pit, though it seemed a bit incongruous, was apparently considered too cool to part with.

Mostly, when 2,000 hotel rooms are remodeled (as they were when the Sahara was rebranded as SLS, then again only a few years later when it was returned to its original glory), 2,000 sets of identical tables, chairs, headboards, lamps, televisions, etc. are sold en masse to auction houses and redistributed from there.

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John Oct-30-2022

Great Question!

This is one of those questions that never occurred to me but needed to be asked!  Kudos to the questioner and to the answerer(s)!

Luis Oct-30-2022

The Unusual case

Some of the Furnishings and carpets of Fontainebleau made it to Buffalo Bill's in Primm. They remodeled some of their rooms with those brand new Furnishings.

VegasROX Oct-30-2022

Sahara to SLS

Why am I thinking that most of Sahara was demolished and rebuilt as SLS VS the rooms being remodled??

Kevin Rough Oct-30-2022

Riviera

After the Riviera closed, but before it was imploded, there was a sale where people waited in line for a long time and then roamed the hotel buying whatever they wanted.

Glenn Leonberger Oct-30-2022

Sometimes it ends up in ..... North Dakota

Years ago I had to travel to Minot North Dakota a lot for business.  Everyone told me that the Vegas Motel was too cheesy to stay at but one time I was there during the state fair and it was the only place with rooms.  

When I checked in the person asked if I wanted to stay in the Bellagio wing - I laughed and said "Why Not!" I soon learned that the reason it was called that was because all the rooms had furniture from the Bellagio (I had stayed there a number of times before a recent Bellagio renovation and definitely recognized the furniture).  The funny thing was that the room was way too small for that furniture, so you only had less than a foot between the bed and the armoire.  To make it seem bigger, all walls had mirrors instead of wallpaper.  

I was told that other wings had furniture other Vegas casinos that they got for a great price.  

It was a bizarre but entertaining stay…… but fortunately I didn’t have to go back 😊

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