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Besides the perennial front runners of 1. Las Vegas and 2. Atlantic City, which of the next four cities/metros on the list have the best gambling experiences in the United States?
Criteria:
1. Physical size of Casinos
2. Quality of Casinos/gambling options
3. Atmosphere of Casinos
4. Other
If you chose another city/region, explain your choice!
Why these four? See below.
Top 20 U.S. Casino Markets by Annual Revenue
Casino Market 2012 Annual Revenues
1 Las Vegas Strip, Nev. $6.207 billion
2 Atlantic City, N.J. $3.052 billion
3 Chicagoland, Ind./Ill. $2.243 billion
4 Detroit, Mich. $1.417 billion
5 Connecticut $1.230 billion1
6 Philadelphia, Pa. $1.167 billion
7 St. Louis, Mo./Ill. $1.108 billion
8 Gulf Coast, Miss.2 $1.095 billion
9 The Poconos, Pa.3 $902.48 million
10 Tunica/Lula, Miss. $821.95 million
11 Kansas City, Mo. $799.85 million
12 Boulder Strip, Nev. $796.71 million
13 Shreveport/Bossier City, La. $715.65 million
14 Lake Charles, La. $686.99 million
15 New York City, N.Y. $672.57 million
16 Reno/Sparks, Nev. $644.92 million
17 Pittsburgh/Meadow Lands, Pa. $636.24 million
18 Black Hawk, Colo. $633.09 million
19 Lawrenceburg/Rising Sun/Belterra, Ind. $632.14 million
20 New Orleans, La. $622.19 million
Connecticut has the two biggest casinos in the U.S., so I would probably go with them. It's just two casinos, but they're massive. Some of the other markets are heavily day-tripper crappy casinos rather than the more "resort-style" you see with these casinos.
There are too many casinos these days. PA is now second to NV in revenue with NJ third. The market is becoming saturated and many are just glorified slot barns. I liked having a destination (LV and AC) far better. MD, DE, and DC are all also getting into the fray - the Mid Atlantic has become casino central sadly.
Wynn is the latest in proposal for a 5th casino in Philly - maybe that would be higher end compared to what exists today still kind of hate to see the saturation.
These are in the running for the next Casino in Philly - To me would rather have not seen them come at all.
Connecticut has the two biggest casinos in the U.S., so I would probably go with them. It's just two casinos, but they're massive. Some of the other markets are heavily day-tripper crappy casinos rather than the more "resort-style" you see with these casinos.
I've tried to look up casino size and revenue in the past but it's a closely guarded secret here in Minnesota by the tribes. The largest (Mystic Lake) is just south of Minneapolis in Prior Lake and the casino is reportedly more than 300,000 feet which I believe would be second to only Foxwood.
The revenue of the state's 18 casinos is reportedly about $1.4B and I would guess close to half that comes from Mystic. As of 2012, each adult of the 480 member Shakopee Tribe, receives an annual payment of $1.08M.
San Juan, for sure. I'd actually rather go there than Vegas or AC. Beautiful beaches, grand casinos, great nightlife, rainforest, different culture, tons of history.
Vegas is about a tie, for different reasons.
I've been to casinos in Vegas/AC/New Orleans/Biloxi/Reno/SJ ...none of the other places though. Probably only place I'd go to again in mainland is Vegas/Reno-Tahoe out of those. The rest are underwhelming a bit for a vacation. I like to see some sights/party/gamble ...not just gamble.
I might give AC another chance, when I went about 10 years ago, most of the area felt really run down though and kind of tacky, was not feeling the "excitement" or "exotic" vibe that comes with LV or SJ.
The CT casinos are going to take a big blow once Mass gets their Casinos up and running and Twin River in Rhode Island gets their marketing out about their table games.
The CT casinos are going to take a big blow once Mass gets their Casinos up and running and Twin River in Rhode Island gets their marketing out about their table games.
NY is also getting into the non Native gaming business as well. I don't gamble, but I've had fun here: Turning Stone Resort Casino
The CT casinos are going to take a big blow once Mass gets their Casinos up and running and Twin River in Rhode Island gets their marketing out about their table games.
I would assume the vast majority of gamblers come from the NYC metro rather than the Boston metro. They'll probably be hurt, but not massively.
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