“In order to understand how gambling problems emerge and even, in many cases, are resolved, you have to follow the same people over time,” said UMass Amherst professor Rachel Volberg, who heads the state’s current gambling research. They contacted 10,000 people in the state - before any casinos were open. In 2013, researchers in Massachusetts launched what was considered a landmark study about gambling. on with comments from Red Rock executives.Massachusetts’ 2011 casino legislation mandated research into the health and economic effects of the industry, to the praise of many who work on gambling problems.īut the research budget has been going down even as gambling has expanded, leaving the body of knowledge more limited than some had hoped. Guests with restaurant reservations will be also contacted with an offer to rebook at another property or for a future date at a Durango restaurant. 5 at Durango will be given priority booking for future dates or offered to be rebooked at one of six other Station Casino properties in Las Vegas. Hotel guests with reservations between Nov. 20 would be paid salaries and tips beginning that day. The company said in a statement that its Durango employees who were scheduled to start work on Nov. Red Rock is in the process of hiring the casino’s 1,700-person workforce. The property will have 20,000 square feet of convention and meeting space and a resort pool area.

The 83,000-square-foot casino floor will house almost 2,300 slot machines, 63 table games and 15 dining establishments that include four full-service restaurants and a 25,000-square-foot food hall. Durango will be the only major casino within a 5-mile radius available to more than 250,000 adults in the area. The 201-room casino and resort has been under construction for almost 20 months on a 50-acre site near the 215 Beltway and South Durango Drive. “The most important thing is that the level of service on the day that we opened is at the highest quality that it can be.”Ĭootey said the delayed opening won’t lead to any additional costs that would cause the company to increase the budget beyond $780 million. “We didn't feel like it gave us enough time to properly train our staff and our team members in the venues and be able to have the appropriate load-in days and then play days,” Fertitta said, describing pre-opening days for a casino resort. Fertitta did not say if the areas were restaurants or portions of the casino floor.

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