Dover Downs Poker Room
Dover Bowl is calling the proposed gaming facility Dover Poker Room & Casino. In New Hampshire, charitable gaming operations have limits on betting and a percentage of the proceeds go to nonprofits. Dover Downs Hotel & Casino Poker Overview Part of Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. The poker room on the 3rd floor CLOSED permanently in June 2019, and the tables were moved to the casino floor in the table games pit closest to the Garden Cafe entrance. Tables are open daily from 10am to 4am. Poker at Dover Downs Dover Downs Hotel & Casino Poker. The poker room on the 3rd floor CLOSED permanently in June 2019, and the tables were moved to the casino floor in the table games pit closest to the Garden Cafe entrance. Tables are open daily from 10am to 4am.
Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware no longer operates a poker room, local news outlet Delaware State News reported Saturday. The property closed its poker room, located on its third floor, last week and moved poker tables to the casino floor. In Delaware, new management at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino has decided to close its 18-table poker room formerly located on the casino’s third floor.
Aerial view of Dover Downs in 2017. The horse track is located within Dover International Speedway and the hotel and casino is the large building to the left of the track. | |
| Location | 1131 North Dupont Highway Dover, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°11′21″N75°31′58″W / 39.189201°N 75.532675°WCoordinates: 39°11′21″N75°31′58″W / 39.189201°N 75.532675°W |
| Owned by | Bally's Corporation |
| Date opened | 1969 (racetrack) 1995 (casino) |
| Race type | Harness racing |
| Official website | |
Dover Downs is a hotel, casino, and racetrack complex in Dover, Delaware. It has a .625-mile (1.006 km) harness horse racing track, which is surrounded by Dover International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete track used for NASCAR motor racing events. The complex is owned and operated by Bally's Corporation (not including the speedway, which is a property of Dover Motorsports).
Primary features of Dover Downs Hotel & Casino include a 500-room hotel, dining options, over 2,700 slot machines, 40 table games, and the Rollins Center, an 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m2) multipurpose ballroom which features entertainment as well as hosting business conferences, conventions and banquets. Steelman Partners were the original architects and interior designers in 1995.[1]
History[edit]
The horse track and the speedway opened together in 1969.[2]
In 2002, Dover Downs Entertainment, the complex's parent company, spun off the horse track and casino as an independent company, Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment.[3] The former parent company changed its name to Dover Motorsports.
A hotel expansion in autumn 2007 added 268 additional rooms, including 52 suites and 11 spa suites, for a total of 500 hotel rooms. This made Dover Downs the largest hotel in Delaware.[4] Toppers Spa/Salon opened in the hotel on December 29, 2007.[5]
Dover Downs began a venture into the online gambling realm in late 2013.[6]
In 2019, Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment completed a reverse merger with Twin River Worldwide Holdings (later Bally's Corporation), a Rhode Island-based company with several casino and racetrack properties.[7][8] Dover Downs shareholders were left with a 7 percent stake in the combined company.[9]
Hotel[edit]
The hotel at Dover Downs offers upscale accommodations with rooms facing both the racetrack and the city. Amenities at the hotel include a full-service spa, fitness room, indoor swimming pool, room service, and concierge.[10] Dover Downs offers space for meetings, banquets, conferences, and conventions, including over 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) of function space, the 18,000 sq ft (1,700 m2) Rollins Center ballroom, several meeting rooms, and three hospitality suites offering views of the racetrack.[11]
Casino[edit]
The casino at Dover Downs offers over 2,300 slot machines, 41 gaming tables, and an 18-table poker room.[12] Table games offered at Dover Downs include craps, roulette, and card games such as blackjack, Spanish 21, baccarat, three card poker, pai gow poker, high card flush, 21+3, heads up poker, and Mississippi stud.[13]
Racetrack[edit]
Dover Downs offers live harness racing from November to mid-April and simulcasts of harness and thoroughbred racing year-round.[14] The Race & Sports Book offers sports betting on live and simulcast horse racing along with single-game and parlay betting on professional and college sports (excluding Delaware college teams) including auto racing, baseball, basketball, boxing/MMA, football, golf, hockey, and soccer.[15][16]
Dining, entertainment, and shopping[edit]
Dover Downs offers various entertainment options including entertainers, comedians, concerts, and musical acts. Entertainers and musicians that have performed at Dover Downs include Tracy Lawrence, Boyz II Men, Howie Mandel, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra.[17]
Dining options at Dover Downs include upscale restaurants, casual establishments, a coffee shop, and a buffet.[18] Dover Downs is also home to a variety of bars and nightclubs.[19] Dover Downs offers upscale shopping at The Colonnade.[20]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Dover Downs Casino Poker Room
- ^'Paul Steelman Biography and Projects'. unlv.edu. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
- ^'History'. Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^'Dover Motorsports completes spinoff of its gaming business'. Autoweek. March 31, 2002. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^'Book Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, Dover, Delaware - Hotels.com'. Hotels.com. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
- ^'Dover Hotel - Dover Downs Hotel and Casino'. doverdowns.com. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
- ^http://www.worldcasinodirectory.com/casino/dover-downs-2119
- ^Brad Allen (July 24, 2018). 'Twin River acquires Dover Downs for sports betting and egaming expertise'. eGaming Review. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^'Twin River completes Dover Downs acquisition and NYSE listing' (Press release). Twin River Worldwide Holdings. March 29, 2019 – via EDGAR.
- ^Brian Hallenbeck (July 23, 2018). 'Twin River to merge with Delaware casino, trade publicly'. The Day. New London, CT. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^'Hotel Introduction'. Dover Downs. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^'Event Planning'. Dover Downs. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^'Casino'. Dover Downs. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^'Table Games'. Dover Downs. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^'Horse Racing'. Dover Downs. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^'Race & Sports Book'. Dover Downs. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^'Sports Pick - How To Bet Guide'. Delaware Lottery. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^'Entertainment'. Dover Downs. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^'Restaurants'. Dover Downs. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^'Bars'. Dover Downs. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^'The Colonnade'. Dover Downs. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
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DOVER — Now under new management, Dover Downs has closed its poker room.
The casino, which became part of Twin River Worldwide Holdings Inc. at the end of March, moved its poker tables to the casino floor last week.
Despite rumors the entire poker staff had lost its jobs, only one person was laid off, according to casino management.
“Today is our first day of poker on the floor, so we do have poker! There will be NO poker room on the third floor anymore. The Poker tables now on the Casino floor answer to table games and no longer operate as a separate entity,” Nicholas Polcino Jr., the new vice president and general manager, said in a statement Friday.
“All other personnel (Poker Director is no longer with the company) that could be transferred to table games were transferred. The employees that only had poker experience have been given the opportunity to learn other games as well so they are able to transfer between various games if they desire.”
As a result of the closure poker tournaments were canceled several weeks ago, according to casino staff.
Located on the third floor, the room formerly used for poker once served as a place for individuals to watch simulcast horse racing.
Dover Downs Poker Room
A spokeswoman for Twin River initially denied the poker room was closing. A second spokeswoman later confirmed the room would no longer host table games.
The deal with Twin River, a Rhode Island-based company that operates casinos and hotels in Rhode Island and Mississippi and a horse track in Colorado, was announced in July just weeks after lawmakers approved tax relief for the state’s three casinos.
The merger included Dover Downs’ 500-room hotel and banquet hall. Dover International Speedway remains owned by Dover Motorsports, which split off from the gaming company in 2002.
Supporters said the changes — lowering the slot tax rate 1 percent, cutting the table game tax rate almost in half and suspending the $3 million table game license fee — were necessary to help protect jobs and the nine-figure sum the state annually receives from the casinos.
State Sen. Trey Paradee, a Dover Democrat who was one of the chief backers of casino tax relief, said Friday he would be disappointed if layoffs follow the merger but believes the legislation approved last year was good policy.
“We really put them in the position (where) they were just treading water,” he said.
The casino, the only public corporate gambling establishment in Delaware, lost money in two of the last five years and made a net profit of $30,000 in 2018.
At the end of 2018, Dover Downs had 1,388 employees, 906 of whom were full-time.
Several top executives with Dover Downs were let go or retired earlier this spring.
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