Miccosukee Resort and Gaming

Miccosukee Resort and Gaming
General information
Type Hotel and casino
Address Miami, Florida, USA
Coordinates 25°45′48″N 80°29′4″W / 25.76333°N 80.48444°W
Completed 1999
Opening 1999

Miccosukee Resort & Gaming is a resort and casino on the western outskirts of Miami, Florida, off 500 Southwest 177th Avenue on the edge of the Everglades.[1] Located in a 9-story pink and white building, it has a colored statue of a young Miccosukee boy outside the front entrance.[2][3] It has been cited as "one of the most unusual resort destinations in Florida" due to the contrast between the Native American village surroundings and the casino.[4] Established in 1999 at a reported cost of $45 million, it is operated by about 400 members of the Miccosukee Tribe.[5][6][7]

Facilities

The resort has 256 deluxe guest rooms, 56 suites and conference and banquet facilities.[4] 2009 estimates claim the Miccosukee Resort to earn an estimated $75 million a year.[8] The gaming centre includes slot machines, video machines, and casino tables, and in 2010 launched the New Bally TV in-room video technology at the resort.[9] The casino, with over 1,000 Video Pull-Tab Machines and 58 Poker Tables, Texas Hold'Em etc. regularly hosts Poker tournaments.[10]

Other

Nearby is the Miccosukee Golf and Country Club.[11] On September 29, 2011, Miccosukee Resort, along with Romance 106.7FM, Budweiser, 411 pain and Walgreens, organized a Latin music concert in Miami named "Una Copa con Romance", attended by some 1500 people and artists such as Charlie Zaa.[12] The resort is a setting in the 2010 Jonathan King novel Acts of Nature.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Miccosukee Resort & Gaming". World Casino Directory. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Waitley, Douglas (1 October 2003). Beaches and Hills. Pineapple Press Inc. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-56164-283-0. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Grimes, David; Becnel, Tom (11 January 2011). Florida Curiosities, 3rd. Globe Pequot. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-7627-5989-7. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Guides, State Park; Simundson, Lisa (5 February 2011). Miami Alive Guide: Key Biscayne, Miami Beach, Coral Gables & Beyond. Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 387. ISBN 978-1-55650-458-7. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Public Gaming Research Institute; National Indian Gaming Association (2005). Indian gaming. Public Gaming Research Institute. p. 55. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  6. ↑ Abravanel, Lesley (21 September 2010). Frommer's South Florida: With the Best of Miami and the Keys. John Wiley & Sons. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-470-63235-2. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  7. ↑ Fogelson, Raymond; Sturtevant, William (20 September 2004). Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 14: Southeast. Government Printing Office. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-16-072300-1. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  8. ↑ Illar, Lou (12 September 2009). Believe Me Or Your Lying Eyes With "Hind" Sight!: An Entertaining History of Casinos, Corruption, and Charities in America. AuthorHouse. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-4490-0751-5. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  9. ↑ Pan, Hui. IPTV Monthly Newsletter September 2010. Information Gatekeepers Inc. p. 7. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  10. ↑ Dallas, Jesse. Casino Shrine. Jai Dee Marketing. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-9781429-6-4. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  11. ↑ Nijman, Jan (29 November 2011). Miami: Mistress of the Americas. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-8122-4298-0. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "SBS Touts 'Una Copa con Romance'". Wireless News via HighBeam Research (subscription required). 9 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  13. ↑ King, Jonathon (14 October 2010). Acts of Nature: A Max Freeman Mystery (Book Five). Open Road Media. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4532-9998-2. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

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