Klondike Casino
September 16th, 2014 at 3:52:28 PM
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Rode by today and it appeared to be closed. Not a single car in the parking lot. When I got home, I did a search for Klondike Casino news and the only recent article I found was from June concerning a dispute in the proposed sale of the property involving the escrow account and the new owners getting a license. Has anyone heard what happened to the property and why it is closed?
September 16th, 2014 at 4:07:14 PM
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It closed about 8 years ago because it was
old and run down. It's the only casino I was
ever banned from for playing BJ. It closed
about six months later.
old and run down. It's the only casino I was
ever banned from for playing BJ. It closed
about six months later.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
September 16th, 2014 at 4:11:49 PM
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Quote: EvenBobIt closed about 8 years ago because it was
old and run down. It's the only casino I was
ever banned from for playing BJ. It closed
about six months later.
Perhaps we aren't talking about the same casino. I am speaking of the Klondike casino or Klondike sunset casino at 444 sunset road. It was open just a few months ago. We had a previous thread about it where some members were fantasizing about a group purchase. Perhaps that discussion was during your 'hiatus'. :) By the way, the price mentioned in the June 2014 article was 3.5 million.
September 16th, 2014 at 4:15:17 PM
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I'm talking about the one on LV blvd that
opened in the 50's and closed in 2006.
They were famous for their 24hr 99 cent
buffet.
opened in the 50's and closed in 2006.
They were famous for their 24hr 99 cent
buffet.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
September 16th, 2014 at 4:27:15 PM
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Quote: EvenBobIt closed about 8 years ago because it was
old and run down. It's the only casino I was
ever banned from for playing BJ. It closed
about six months later.
Couldn't keep afloat without your losses, huh?
September 16th, 2014 at 4:37:48 PM
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Quote: AxiomOfChoiceCouldn't keep afloat without your losses, huh?
I only played there once and won $400
in about 20min and got a tap on the
shoulder and was 86'd. When we tried to
eat at the buffet because my wife had
a free coupon, the same pit guy came over
and ripped the coupon into pieces and
kicked me out again.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
September 16th, 2014 at 4:39:22 PM
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Sounds like spectacular customer service. I am surprised that they are not thriving.
September 16th, 2014 at 4:40:48 PM
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They knew they were going under and were
sweating every nickel.
sweating every nickel.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
September 16th, 2014 at 5:17:26 PM
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The thread that I started about the Klondike still exists from long ago.
It did morph briefly into a thread about a group of us buying it buts its value is NOT in its current operations but its existing license.
I think someone saw "elderly owners'' and wanted to take advantage or a woman. Bad move.
Its general state is disrepair: duct tape on carpets (in what little area is carpeted). Cheap bargains. Grass in parking lot.
All that really exists is an entity that is maintained to keep the license going.
It did morph briefly into a thread about a group of us buying it buts its value is NOT in its current operations but its existing license.
I think someone saw "elderly owners'' and wanted to take advantage or a woman. Bad move.
Its general state is disrepair: duct tape on carpets (in what little area is carpeted). Cheap bargains. Grass in parking lot.
All that really exists is an entity that is maintained to keep the license going.
September 16th, 2014 at 5:34:53 PM
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The Klondike casino I'm familiar with was near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, about a half mile south of the Mandalay Bay.
Wikipedia link.
Wikipedia link.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
September 16th, 2014 at 5:48:20 PM
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Quote: WizardThe Klondike casino I'm familiar with was near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, about a half mile south of the Mandalay Bay.
Wikipedia link.
That's the one I know in the pic. Have no idea where the other Klondike is, if it's in Vegas
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September 16th, 2014 at 5:53:38 PM
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Quote: kewljRode by today and it appeared to be closed. Not a single car in the parking lot. When I got home, I did a search for Klondike Casino news and the only recent article I found was from June concerning a dispute in the proposed sale of the property involving the escrow account and the new owners getting a license. Has anyone heard what happened to the property and why it is closed?
It is closed because the only customers they had were 3 little old ladies who played table-minimum roulette every night:-)
"So as the clock ticked and the day passed, opportunity met preparation, and luck happened." - Maurice Clarett
September 16th, 2014 at 5:58:15 PM
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I think there were 2 at some point, one had sunset in the name.Quote: WizardThe Klondike casino I'm familiar with was near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, about a half mile south of the Mandalay Bay.
Wikipedia link.
The one you were talking about is the real Klondike, neat little place always busy in the 90's. It's surprising it failed. Didn't they have a cheap motel or rooms? I seem to remember guys who wanted cheap rooms on the strip would use that location. That area was full of AP hustlers when Mandalay Bay opened.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
September 16th, 2014 at 6:03:09 PM
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Quote: kewljPerhaps we aren't talking about the same casino. I am speaking of the Klondike casino or Klondike sunset casino at 444 sunset road.
If that's the one near Boulder Highway, that's the Klondike Sunset. Unfortunately, I didn't bother to check it out when I was in the area in June as I was under the impression that it had become slots-only.
September 16th, 2014 at 6:35:52 PM
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I apologize for the confusion. I was referring to the Klondike sunset on sunset road just off the corner of Sunset and Boulder Highway in Henderson. This small locals casino was the topic of discussion in an earlier thread this spring that Fleastiff is referring to. At that time, I didn't realize the place was open as there is usually just a few cars in the lot. But, at the time (spring 2014) people responded that it was indeed open, but with no tables operating as a slots parlor. Now there are no cars and it definitely looks closed. (although I didn't try the door).
http://www.lasvegas.com/listing/klondike-sunset-casino/11714/
The Klondike that EB and other are referring to and Wizard linked to Wikipedia (for whatever good they are...lol) is before my time here in Vegas. I have to say that I hadn't even heard of it. Looks like a fascinating place! I love those older casinos of yesteryear. I SO wish, I had been around a decade or two earlier to experience some of them.
http://www.lasvegas.com/listing/klondike-sunset-casino/11714/
The Klondike that EB and other are referring to and Wizard linked to Wikipedia (for whatever good they are...lol) is before my time here in Vegas. I have to say that I hadn't even heard of it. Looks like a fascinating place! I love those older casinos of yesteryear. I SO wish, I had been around a decade or two earlier to experience some of them.
September 16th, 2014 at 6:41:19 PM
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The original Klondike...1981 or 1982 me and 3 college buddies drove up from So. Cal one holiday weekend and on the drive up we heard on the radio the entire town was booked, so we pulled into the Klondike (first casino we saw) praying they had a room. They did, we unpacked, spent about 20 minutes in the casino and then decided we would go to a "real" casino. I think we spent most of the weekend at the Stardust...good times.
September 16th, 2014 at 7:16:23 PM
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Klondike started as a Motel 6 in the early
60's and was turned into a casino. It was
already a dive when I came to Vegas in
the mid 70's, cheap food at 3am kept the
doors open. If you lost at the tables, you
could always go to the Klondike at 3am
for the 99 cent all you eat breakfast. Pancakes
and bacon and scrambled eggs, as much
as you could hold.
60's and was turned into a casino. It was
already a dive when I came to Vegas in
the mid 70's, cheap food at 3am kept the
doors open. If you lost at the tables, you
could always go to the Klondike at 3am
for the 99 cent all you eat breakfast. Pancakes
and bacon and scrambled eggs, as much
as you could hold.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
September 16th, 2014 at 7:19:56 PM
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http://www.lomography.com/magazine/lifestyle/2011/10/27/10-defunct-las-vegas-casinos
Photo via Roadside Pictures on Flickr
5. Klondike Hotel and Casino
Klondike was first a Motel 6 in 1962, and was later bought by John Woodrum and his son in 1972. When the new owners reopened Klondike, it had 153 hotel rooms and a 720 square meter casino. The hotel-casino was perhaps best known for its strategic location between the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” signage and the McCarran International Airport. Drivers who would pass by the red, Old Western Klondike meant that they have arrived in Las Vegas. Klondike closed its casino on June 28, 2006, and its hotel two days later.
This is the Klondike Bob and Axel are talking about.
Photo via Roadside Pictures on Flickr
5. Klondike Hotel and Casino
Klondike was first a Motel 6 in 1962, and was later bought by John Woodrum and his son in 1972. When the new owners reopened Klondike, it had 153 hotel rooms and a 720 square meter casino. The hotel-casino was perhaps best known for its strategic location between the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” signage and the McCarran International Airport. Drivers who would pass by the red, Old Western Klondike meant that they have arrived in Las Vegas. Klondike closed its casino on June 28, 2006, and its hotel two days later.
This is the Klondike Bob and Axel are talking about.
September 16th, 2014 at 7:21:32 PM
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September 16th, 2014 at 7:24:34 PM
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I've been in there I think all of twice, most recently about 10-12 months ago. The location in Henderson is on a major arterial street that's busy with local traffic, as some of you apparently already know. Here is the complete list of things I remember about it: a funeral home next door, a spacious parking lot baking in the sun, and some scruffy guys set up in one far corner of the lot with a mobile operation providing hand car washes & detailing for a very reasonable price. Did a good job, too. The car washing guys, that is. I see it is the same owner here as the former Motel 6 converted to a "casino" with the same Klondike name that was on South Las Vegas Blvd (or kinda sorta on "The Strip" if you really want to stretch the concept). Never found a reason to want to stop at that one.
I also noticed they were fined at this property by Gaming and threatened with license revocation about six months ago because they repeatedly failed to meet the minimum requirement to keep enough cash on hand. Since the prospective buyer(s) chose the name "Itsgottago" for their public name to identify the entity making the purchase agreement and submitting the license application, I'm thinking it is a pretty good bet that it won't stay in the current form, no matter the outcome of this.
I'm trying to imagine a coupon for a free entry to a $0.99 buffet. But then, I s'pose that'd probably be about $1.49 in today's dollars.
Maybe they really liked her, and were being nice by disappearing that coupon for y'all.
I also noticed they were fined at this property by Gaming and threatened with license revocation about six months ago because they repeatedly failed to meet the minimum requirement to keep enough cash on hand. Since the prospective buyer(s) chose the name "Itsgottago" for their public name to identify the entity making the purchase agreement and submitting the license application, I'm thinking it is a pretty good bet that it won't stay in the current form, no matter the outcome of this.
I'm trying to imagine a coupon for a free entry to a $0.99 buffet. But then, I s'pose that'd probably be about $1.49 in today's dollars.
Maybe they really liked her, and were being nice by disappearing that coupon for y'all.
Suck dope, watch TV, make up stuff, be somebody on the internet.
September 16th, 2014 at 9:14:38 PM
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Quote: kewljRode by today and it appeared to be closed. Not a single car in the parking lot. When I got home, I did a search for Klondike Casino news and the only recent article I found was from June concerning a dispute in the proposed sale of the property involving the escrow account and the new owners getting a license. Has anyone heard what happened to the property and why it is closed?
http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/klondike-sunset-gets-new-owner
100% risk of ruin
September 16th, 2014 at 9:28:00 PM
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you must be mistaken, you might be thinking of the Palms or the M if they did that. Maybe Caesar's.Quote: EvenBobI only played there once and won $400
in about 20min and got a tap on the
shoulder and was 86'd. When we tried to
eat at the buffet because my wife had
a free coupon, the same pit guy came over
and ripped the coupon into pieces and
kicked me out again.
September 16th, 2014 at 9:34:58 PM
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Quote: RogerKinthttp://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/klondike-sunset-gets-new-owner
http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/klondike-sunset-gets-new-owner
I would take this as good news for the place (eventually) that this is the buyer. He put what I thought was a remarkable amount of investment into Club Fortune, and managed to make a surprisingly nice little place out of it, in my opinion. I wouldn't have guessed that'd be possible, or that anyone would want to try to do that, but that's what he did there. Club Fortune is further out Boulder at the SE outskirts of Henderson, about a block off of Boulder Hwy. behind a K-Mart of all things.
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September 16th, 2014 at 9:40:14 PM
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I love Club Fortune. Decent mailers for machine play. I like that little diner-like eatery, Emily's. Unfortunately, that is the one place, I can no longer play blackjack. And since the table games are only open 1 shift a day, in the evenings, with I think only 3 pit people, it's not like you can go back on a different shift after getting the tap.
September 16th, 2014 at 9:40:39 PM
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duplicate
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September 16th, 2014 at 11:01:39 PM
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Quote: WizardThe Klondike casino I'm familiar with was near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, about a half mile south of the Mandalay Bay.
Wikipedia link.
For anyone to lazy to read all the way through the link:
"Film history
While you cannot actually see the name, the casino appeared in a scene in 1997's Vegas Vacation where Clark (Chevy Chase) tries to win money back."
Now I'm jonesin' for a game of Guess Which Hand!
$1700, 18, 19, 1920, 40, 60,... :/ Thx 'Do it again'. I'll try
September 17th, 2014 at 12:08:39 AM
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Quote: mcallister3200you must be mistaken, you might be thinking of the Palms or the M if they did that. Maybe Caesar's.
No, it was the Krappy Klondike. We only
went there for the krappy buffet and I
won $400 real fast and they took issue
with it and put some hate on me. It
gives me a story to tell..
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
September 17th, 2014 at 3:39:20 AM
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Quote: kewljI love Club Fortune. Decent mailers for machine play. I like that little diner-like eatery, Emily's. Unfortunately, that is the one place, I can no longer play blackjack. And since the table games are only open 1 shift a day, in the evenings, with I think only 3 pit people, it's not like you can go back on a different shift after getting the tap.
If I ever buy a casino I would love for it to run like Club Fortune. It's a locals casino with great food, friendly people, and a cool ass gift shop with a baby bib that read, "Party at my crib, BYOB"
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