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Three Rivers Casinos Ready to Open11 June 2004FLORENCE, Oregon – As reported by the Eugene, Oregon Register-Guard: "The good folks at Three Rivers Casino like their chances - if they can just get you through the front door. "That's why they're offering a host of enticements, including free valet parking, in order to lure you into the casino that opens later this month. "Once inside, you'll find the noise, neon and stimuli-inciting hubbub you'd expect to find when slots, slots and more slots - 260 in all - are crammed into 15,500 square feet of tent space, along with six blackjack tables, two restaurants and a sports bar. "And yes, we said tent space. The casino is actually a light-green Mylar tent, sufficiently insulated to separate the whoops of joy on the inside from any swirling sandstorms on the outside. "…Most of the slots offer multiple ways to win - matching three 7s, cherries or other icons across any of three rows or diagonally, for example. '243 ways to win!' the sign on one machine boasts. "…If the slots seem too tame, there's always the blackjack tables, where the minimum bet is $5. Minimums at some tables could climb, however, at peak hours when all 42 blackjack seats are in use…" |