From the Las Vegas Review Journal “Margaritaville-themed gaming area planned for Flamingo”
Caesars Entertainment Corp. is betting a Margaritaville-themed gaming area in the Flamingo will expand the resort’s popularity among Jimmy Buffett fans as both the singer and the hotel turn 65 this year.
The new gaming area will be adjacent to the Margaritaville restaurant in the former Steakhouse 46 location. Plans call for a 15,000-square-foot addition to the Flamingo’s casino with 22 table games and 220 slot machines.
“The Margaritaville brand eludes nothing but fun … that’s what gambling is about,” said Rick Mazer, regional president for five Caesars Entertainment properties in Las Vegas.
The $10 million addition is scheduled to open in October. Mazer said the companies have been partners since 2004 in the Margaritaville restaurant — a partnership he called “extremely successful” for both companies.
The master plan for the Margaritaville casino also includes the 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar — named for a 2003 Buffett song “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” — with direct access to the Strip.
Meanwhile, construction has begun again on the delayed Margaritaville Casino in Biloxi, Miss. In 2007, Buffett and Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., now Caesars, announced plans to build a $700 million casino. “We’ve definitely broken ground in Biloxi,” he said. “We expect the project to be completed next spring.”