At a time when casinos are closing poker rooms, gamers in southwest Virginia now have a brand new possibility. The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol formally opened in November, however unveiled a model new poker site on Friday.
The room options 14 tables and can unfold quite a lot of money video games and tournaments.
“We’re excited to bring a first-class poker room to Hard Rock Bristol,” Vice President of Gaming Operations Alan Thompson stated. “With a mix of cash games and tournament play, we’re offering something for every poker player, whether they’re local or traveling from afar. We look forward to welcoming guests from across the region and beyond to experience our state-of-the-art venue.”
The poker site is non-smoking and conveniently situated subsequent to the on line casino’s new non-smoking gaming area, making certain a cushty and fulfilling environment for all gamers.
Bristol is situated on the border with Tennessee and has the potential to usher in gamers from that state as properly. Previously, poker gamers within the space needed to journey about three hours south to Cherokee, North Carolina or east to Danville, Virginia to search out stay motion.
The 620,000-square-foot on line casino additionally has 1,500 slot machines, 50 desk video games, a sportsbook, greater than 300 lodge rooms, and a 2,000-plus seat leisure venue. Florida’s Seminole tribe owns the Hard Rock model and has expanded the corporate’s on line casino enterprise throughout the nation during the last decade, together with buying the Mirage in Las Vegas in 2021.
The poker site opening bucks a pattern within the trade. Several poker rooms have closed in Las Vegas in recent times, together with the Sahara shutting the on line casino’s room in November.
