re: L'Auberge Baton Rouge turning into the other 2 BR Casinos

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It worked great in St. Maarten. The Russian/Ukrainian mob (they were all mixed together) had several casinos and several gentlemen's establishments. Weed was also decriminalized and the beeches were topless and lots of european women on them.

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The Orient in St Marteen

I don't know what you play but I don't believe this. L'auberge has very player friendly Blackjack rules. Vegas, Biloxi, LDL in LC, and even Shreveport are all tightening their games up to the casino's advantage - 6:5 bj payouts, playing 2 hands makes the minimum double, some even not allowing doubles after splits. LBR is still 3:2, you can play every hand at the table and the minimum stays the same, and you can split 4 times and double up to the 4th.

The issue I have is the only area you get rated correctly is high limit. Everywhere else no matter the limit - even if the limit outside is the same as the high limit, the pit rates you horribly.

I get the bitching about the entertainment and the restaurants (although 18 steak has improved), and the comps have gotten shittier since the sale. The only thing that can save those is for it to get bought by a major gaming company. Not Penn Gaming - who owns such properties as Hollywood, Cactus Pete's, Argosy, Ameristar, and Boomtown. Beau Rivage is owned by MGM. There's your difference.

Would putting a new bridge right by it help? They should lobby for it!



I'm only half kidding, but seriously, they need to build a world class spa, a top golf imitation driving range, and get a better marketing team. And figure out a way to get Uber/Lyft/Yellow Cab to go out there more.

Agreed, Asian massage much need should be addition in short time

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On a semi-related note, Tunica is so dead.

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I went there a few weeks ago for a guys' trip.

Holy shite it has just wasted away in the last 10 years since I've been.

Positive note though, Tunica National is still a pretty damn good golf course.

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believed their only chance was to bring in s higher class patron by offering good entertainment, some good restaurants and giving folks extra reasons to go there.

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L'Auberge in BR has a nice Casino floor, but it severely lacks in dining and entertainment options especially when you compare it to Golden Nugget just a few hours away.

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The only reason that Lake Charles and Shreveport/Bossier gambling exists is because it's not legal in Texas. As soon as that changes most of them will shut down.

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That won't change anytime soon. There's a reason Tilman Fertitta invested so much into Golden Nugget. If anyone had any influence or indication that gaming would ever legalize in TX, it would be him. He tried for years to bring gaming to Houston and never could.

Last year one of the supervisors at lauberge who was pretty high up before he left for greener pastures was telling me that everyone there was nervous about Louisiana passing laws to move gaming off of the water. They thought that the Belle would then be a real threat because of the Atrium. He thought a major company would see the building already in place, a hotel already in place, and a gaming license already in place all at the foot of the bridge, buy it, put a little money into it and have a major casino with a beautiful building.

There is no playback on their slots, no free play nor newsletter advertising upcoming entertainment. I quit playing and was primarily going only to the lunch buffet but now they eliminated the boiled shrimp. They are slowly killing this place. If they loosened the slots, more people would attend and still gamble it back. I used to like going. Now I keep my money.

Pointe Marie should be fine as far as elevation. Close to the river is high elevation. I have to wonder how many upscale neighborhoods can be built before the market becomes saturated. Lots more are coming. Lakes at Harveston, Pointe Marie, Atwater just to name a few.