Yesterday, Saturday Sept. 20, 2008, my wife Mary and I decided to go to the Hardrock Casino in Tampa for a little action. Had not been over there since they added Vegas style slots etc. Though the economy is pretty much "in the tank" these days, there were still quite a few folks throwing the cash around in the casino. The place was not super crowded, but, there was a nice crowd throughout the casino floor.
Here are a couple observations I made while there for about 3 hours.
1) The nice new parking garage is great. No more riding around the open parking lot waiting for someone to come out of a space.
2) As we walked from the garage thru the temporary covered walkway to the lobby area, the closer we got to the lobby, the more it smelled like a huge ashtray. Yes, "smoking" is allowed on property AND in the casino. If YOU have a problem with second hand smoke and it's smell, YOU DO NOT want to be here.
3) The one thing I noticed once we hit the casino floor area, there is NO rhyme or reason to the layout of the slots. At least as best I can tell. After being in major mainline casinos in various places, there floor is a nightmare.
4) The one thing that blew me away the most though, is the slots themselves. Alot of the newer slots have these huge display screens with so much crap on them, you dont have a clue what is going on with the particular game. Alot of the newer stuff, YOU need a "users manual" to figure out what the deal is. Granted, there are still a bunch of the older slots that are pretty standard and quite simple to use and figure. The other thing with the slots is the denomination structure. They have tons of 2 cent, nickle, and 10 cent slots. People will see them and go, "hey, I can afford to play that". Uh, "no YOU can't". Most of these machines call for a minimum 10 or 20 line bet. YOU do the math. A minimum 20 line bet on a 10 cent machine is $2.00 a pull. Minimum 10 line bet on a nickle machine translates to .50 a spin/pull. YOU get my drift? THERE ARE NO 2 CENT, NICKLE, OR, 10 CENT MACHINES!
5) Ther are plenty of mostly friendly floor people to tend to your change or drink needs. The service is good.
All in all, we had a pretty good time and only lost less than $100 in an almost three hour run between us. Not bad for a fun break at a casino.http://www.seminolehardrocktampa.com/
"Everything is a gamble,"
1 comment:
GREAT REVIEW
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