Riviera To Renovate Sportsbook

 HankTheDwarf posted on Monday, 25th April 2011 - 9:33 pm

It's refreshing to see that they're not just letting the property rot, waiting out an eventual shutdown like the Sahara and are doing little things like this that can add up to surviving the downturn.

 levans posted on Tuesday, 26th April 2011 - 1:29 am

Even with the sportsbook the property is still going to rot. Have you seen the people who go into the Rivera?

 parchedearth posted on Tuesday, 26th April 2011 - 8:28 am

The return of Rich Little, midget wrestling, Flavor Flav, and outsourcing the sportsbook. I'm not sure whether these are desparation moves by a dying property, placeholders to make it appear like things are happening, or a concerted effort to improve the place. I suspect Sahara's closing spooked the Riv's Starwood ownership into thinking they needed to do something.

 Dave702 posted on Tuesday, 26th April 2011 - 10:56 am

They already outsourced the sportsbook--Leroy's had been running it for a few years.

http://www.rivierahotel.com/casino/race_sports.asp

This time, they basically put out an RFP and decided to go with Lucky's instead of Leroy's, Cantor, or anyone else.

The questions I'd like answered are: how many companies answered the RFP? And what exactly made Lucky's the winner?

That would tell us a lot about what to expect at the Riviera.