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    I am signed up to attend the Seven Stars experience in Atlantic City in June. I have never been to one of these before. I am assuming there will be large crowds of Seven Stars with benefits to the point that the usual perks like quick service and first available seating will be meaningless.

    While I realize that none of you may have Atlantic City signature event experience, I know there's a bunch of posters on here who have been Seven Stars for years and have attended these events in the past at other locations. I was wondering what we're in for. We just wanted to go to Atlantic City because we've never been, and while we'll attend these parties, gambling won't be our focus.

    Thank you!

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    Be prepared to be disappointed at the parties. Too many people and too little food. It's just another cheap gimmick to get you in a casino.

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    Have they sent you the exact schedule yet? If so, I would reserve asap because some times things fill up quickly. We are going to New Orleans in a couple of weeks, but have not seen the times for the events. But they do treat you pretty well down there, so we are looking forward to it.

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    My host at the TR casino I mostly play at set this all up for me and I have reservations for all the events you can do in advance - there's one you do when you get there. My husband and I were working on our schedules for next month, since we have to block out time for this, and I started thinking about the fact that the place is liable to be a zoo because of all the Seven Stars. We really just want to go to see Atlantic City, such as it is, the ocean and the boardwalk, and while we'll pop into the events they aren't a be all end all for us. Which is why I asked about experiences at these things. Because if it's going to make the whole place be a circus, perhaps we might have a more pleasant experience going another weekend or another three day stretch. We're driving and making it part of an eastern road trip (we live in the Midwest) so we have no commitment to this other than the reservations.

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    Originally Posted by pkspins View Post
    We're driving and making it part of an eastern road trip (we live in the Midwest) so we have no commitment to this other than the reservations.
    Perfect!! Then you will not be disappointed.

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    PK--are you staying at Caesars or Harrahs in Atlantic City. Harrahs is a much nicer casino. However, Caesars has the Boardwalk and the ocean. So if that is your interest, I would suggest that you stay at Caesars.

    So many are disappointed with Atlantic City. I love it, however, because I love the ocean plain and simple.

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    If you love the ocean, may I suggest Florida where there really are white sand beaches and clear skies? The beaches in California suck.

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    The boardwalk and casino blocks of Atlantic City are okay. If you venture a couple of blocks from them, you may think you're in Beirut. I like AC, but it's not a polished, pretty tourist destination.
    Last edited by redietz; 05-27-2015 at 09:59 AM.

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    Originally Posted by redietz View Post
    The boardwalk and casino blocks of Atlantic City are okay. If you venture a couple of blocks from them, you may think you're in Beirut.
    The casinos really failed to bring Atlantic City back to life.

    When I was a reporter in Miami from 1980 to 1987 I did a series of reports about the pros and cons of legalizing casinos in the city of Miami Beach to revitalize Miami. This was before the "South Beach transformation" which came from the influx of Europeans and South Americans.

    As part of the series I took a crew to Atlantic City to interview the Mayor, and cruise the Atlantic City area which was still run down and back then Indian casinos hadn't opened yet -- there was Vegas and Atlantic City and that's all.

    I will never forget what the Mayor of AC said in the interview: if you legalize casinos in Miami you're crazy.

    Of course he might have said that because he didn't want the competition. But there was no sign then -- just as there is no sign now -- that casinos would end the blight.

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    Whoever thought that casinos in a place like New Jersey would be a help to the poor was dreaming. And what do people on welfare do most of all? Yup, drink, smoke, and gamble. I went there early on and my last trip was in 2010. The combat zone never changed. Their best casino, the Borgata, seems too out of the way. The only unique GOOD thing about most of the other casinos is that boardwalk and of course the ocean. I can never tell if AC will soon be a ghost town or not.

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    Originally Posted by carolinajacket View Post
    Have they sent you the exact schedule yet? If so, I would reserve asap because some times things fill up quickly. We are going to New Orleans in a couple of weeks, but have not seen the times for the events. But they do treat you pretty well down there, so we are looking forward to it.
    Have you been to NOLA since they cut back # of drinks and food items per day in their diamond lounge? I guess it could be good or bad depending on how look at it. They had to do something because it was always too crowded in there. Some people would go in there and stay all day. The palm room as they call it there is just too small.

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    Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
    If you love the ocean, may I suggest Florida where there really are white sand beaches and clear skies? The beaches in California suck.
    Agree. I've tried to explain to my daughter that (most) east coast beaches are wider and have sand that you can walk on without cutting your feet on stones and rocks.

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    I agree that the NOLA Diamond Lounge is too small. Sometimes the line waiting to get in is quite long. I am interested in the effect that the no smoking law will have on the casino. Some folks are predicting that it will put Harrah's New Orleans out of business. I doubt that, but it will be nice for those of us who suffer from serious lung damage. We will be heading down in a couple of weeks so I will be able to see first hand how it works out. Maybe it will help keep the Diamond Lounge less crowded.

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    Originally Posted by carolinajacket View Post
    I agree that the NOLA Diamond Lounge is too small. Sometimes the line waiting to get in is quite long. I am interested in the effect that the no smoking law will have on the casino. Some folks are predicting that it will put Harrah's New Orleans out of business. I doubt that, but it will be nice for those of us who suffer from serious lung damage. We will be heading down in a couple of weeks so I will be able to see first hand how it works out. Maybe it will help keep the Diamond Lounge less crowded.
    It won't put them out of business and in fact, it might help. Non-smokers will come in more often and there may even be more of them. The idiots who smoke will be taking breaks to go outside, giving them more opportunity to get away from their losing, reset maybe even with a trip or two to the ATM's, then come back to feed the slots and poker machines all over again. Hopefully once other casinos around the country see this, they too will smarten up.

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    I'm with you on this one Rob. There are a lot more non-smokers than smokers, and most folks now-a-days are fully aware of the dangers of smoking. I look forward to visiting the smoke free casino. At least at Cherokee they have a rather large smoke free section, even though they really need to expand it even more -- or hopefully go smoke free. But that might be hard to do in the big time tobacco raising state of North Carolina.

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    Tell the former owners of Revel in AC that... when they opened it was a 100% smoke free facility.. that lasted about 6 months.. they never recovered and it was sold for pennies on the dollar... was that 100% of the failure, no.. but it played a big role..

    Originally Posted by Rob.Singer View Post
    It won't put them out of business and in fact, it might help. Non-smokers will come in more often and there may even be more of them. The idiots who smoke will be taking breaks to go outside, giving them more opportunity to get away from their losing, reset maybe even with a trip or two to the ATM's, then come back to feed the slots and poker machines all over again. Hopefully once other casinos around the country see this, they too will smarten up.

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    Very interesting statistics about gamblers and smoking. It's true that in the US most of us don't smoke. But there is a high percentage of gamblers who do smoke.

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    Places like Palace Station have always had smoke-filled air, but I noticed five/six years ago that air quality in the Rio and other properties around town seemed to have deteriorated. Some people said that it was cost-cutting related to cleaning the air circulation systems less often. I have no idea. Does anyone know whether it would be related to how many hours or at what speed the circulation systems run or if it relates to number of times the systems are cleaned up?
    Last edited by redietz; 05-28-2015 at 10:18 AM.

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    A lot of the "smoke situation" varies with the design of the casino. Casinos that are newer and have the new, better air systems have cleaner air; and newer casinos also tend to have higher ceilings which also helps to allow for the smoke to clear away.

    A lot of the "smoke situation" also varies with location and time of play. In the high limit area at Caesars there are fewer smokers. In the Palace Court slots area where there is one $5 Bonus game, I rarely see anyone smoke and there usually aren't that many players by the video poker machines.

    In the craps pit you will always find smokers except that I found in the early morning hours 3am to 6am the smokers are not there.

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    We have been smoke free in Illinois for several years. It is an absolute shock to the system now to go to a Vegas casino where there is smoking.

    The Horseshoe in Hammond Indiana, which is actually closer to Chicago than most of the casinos around here does allow smoking and takes a lot of business away from Illinois casinos due to proximity to downtown Chicago and probably also smoking.

    I am always amazed at the number of smokers going outside every 20-30 minutes in the Chicago winter.

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