Vegas’ oldest hotel ditches live table games: ‘we couldn’t be more excited’
Las Vegas’s oldest hotel is replacing all of its tables using real cards and dealers and replacing them with electronic gaming versions. The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino is "reimagining" its casino floor and, in a Downtown Vegas first, removing live dealers, according to Circa Resort & Casino CEO Derek Stevens.
"Big changes are coming to the Golden Gate, and we couldn’t be more excited. As the oldest hotel in Las Vegas, we’ve always embraced the future, and now we’re reimagining our casino floor with a high-energy electronic table games pit unlike anything downtown has seen," Stevens said in his statement.
The workers who will be displaced by the change are being offered roles at other company casinos, or the chance to try something new within the organization.
"All of our table games team members at the Golden Gate are being offered roles at Circa or the D, or the opportunity to explore new departments within the company," Stevens wrote.
He promised "more excitement, faster gameplay, and all the newest machines" on the 118-year-old casino’s floor.
It’s unclear exactly when the change will go into effect.
Graig Graziosi in Washington, D.C