Costner said his “deep love” for the Black Hills and its “historical importance in our country’s story” is why closing Midnight Star was especially difficult.<\/p>\n
Just a little more than two months later, the Hollywood-themed Celebrity Hotel and Casino announced it was entering into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n
Despite the gaming revenue slide, hotel occupancy rates increased in February. The Deadwood City Finance Office reports that hotels sold 564 more nights, or 1.3 percent more year over year.<\/p>\n
\nRodman hopes March visitation continues in the same trend. “With the increase in hotel occupancy \u2026 we are hopeful February’s gaming numbers are a temporary setback to a year of positive growth for the industry,” he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nVisitation is of course critical to Deadwood’s gaming industry. With either tribal or commercial casinos now legal in all but 11 states, no longer are tourists flocking to the remote Black Hills simply for the slot machines.<\/p>\n
Deadwood is trying to appeal to a wider demographic by stressing its historical importance. The town benefited greatly from the HBO <\/i>series of the same name that ran from 2004 through 2006.<\/p>\n
Gaming revenue soared from $70.37 million in 2003 to over $98 million by 2007, an increase of nearly 40 percent.<\/p>\n
HBO confirmed last year it’s working on a movie adaptation of the series that is expected to begin filming in the second half of 2018.\u00a0Deadwood <\/i>creator David Milch says he’s already finished the script, and negotiations with the cast are well underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deadwood casinos remain on life support, and February certainly didn’t help their prognoses. Data released Monday by the South Dakota Commission on Gaming shows that slot machine win fell 6.3 percent last month, and table game revenue slid 12.4 percent. Combined, casino operators saw gross gambling revenue drop 6.7 percent. “Deadwood gaming operators still remain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":73715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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