That Was Quick 

Is it the shortest opening in history of a casino? Possibly. The casino has opened their doors, so to speak, and closed them as well, the same day. There was no actual gambling, the slot machines were there but no one was playing them. There were sixteen slot machines set up in a tent across the street from the Las Vegas Convention Center, and no one even showed up to play them. Sad tale? Not really, for this is exactly what they thought would happen, and so up and down in one day was not a big deal.  

The casino, which didn’t even give itself a name, had opened their doors at 6 am, and then closed them at 2 pm. They did not want to make money, they simply needed to keep the zoning designation for the location that would allow unrestricted gambling. They have to have some form of gambling going on every 18 months in the location or they lose the designation – thus the pop up casino that came to that location.  

Sometimes when they need to keep these zoning laws in place, the casino owners will bring in slot machines in trailers to show that there is gambling in that location. However, this time around they simply put up a tent, stuck some slot machines under it and then called it a day shortly thereafter United Coin Machine Co. was hired to create the casino by the land owner, Marriot International. Insane? Maybe, but when you look at Vegas and you think about the millions that are made from the slot machines, it does not seem all that crazy after all.