{"id":55825,"date":"2009-11-30T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/famed-vegas-icon-binions-hotel-to-close-down-2009-11"},"modified":"2009-11-30T14:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T19:56:00","slug":"famed-vegas-icon-binions-hotel-to-close-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/55825","title":{"rendered":"Famed Vegas Icon Binion&#8217;s Hotel To Close Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/~~\/f?id=4b1422dd00000000006accad\" border=\"0\" alt=\"binion's vegas casino\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An old, crusty, off-strip hotel with a rich poker past is shutting down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasnow.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=11592219&amp;Call=Email&amp;Format=HTML\">LasVegasNow<\/a>: <strong><\/strong>A spokesperson with Binion&#8217;s Gambling Hall &amp; Hotel has confirmed that the property&#8217;s hotel rooms, Original Coffeeshop and Keno will be closing on December 14th.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A memo to all employees obtained by 8 News Now blames the economy for the move. The casino portion of Binion&#8217;s and associated restaurants will remain open.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The closings will result in the layoff of around 100 people.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes the same day as the Dubai-owned monstrosity City Center is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/dubai-world-opens-85-billion-casino-in-vegas-2009-11\">oficially opening up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full memo to staff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/23393695\/Binions-Closing\" title=\"View Binions Closing on Scribd\">Binions Closing<\/a><br \/>\n<object id=\"doc_681005130850377\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0\" name=\"doc_681005130850377\" align=\"middle\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=23393695&amp;access_key=key-fo04ivlmu61yy7ywl4g&amp;page=1&amp;version=1&amp;viewMode=list\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"play\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"loop\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"showall\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"devicefont\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"salign\" \/><param name=\"mode\" value=\"list\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=23393695&amp;access_key=key-fo04ivlmu61yy7ywl4g&amp;page=1&amp;version=1&amp;viewMode=list\" quality=\"high\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" play=\"true\" loop=\"true\" scale=\"showall\" wmode=\"opaque\" devicefont=\"false\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" name=\"doc_681005130850377_object\" menu=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" mode=\"list\" align=\"middle\"><\/embed><\/object>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>(Picture via Flickr user <\/em><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/deadling\/\"><strong>Eric__I_E<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong><em>)<\/em><br \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/famed-vegas-icon-binions-hotel-to-close-down-2009-11#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/dubai-world-opens-85-billion-casino-in-vegas-2009-11\">Just In Time: Dubai Opens $8.5 Billion Casino In Vegas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/carl-icahn-is-lead-bidder-for-vegas-casino-2009-11\">Carl Icahn Is Lead Bidder For Vegas Casino<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chart-of-the-day-las-vegas-strip-revenue-2009-11\">CHART OF THE DAY: The Las Vegas Strip Is Making A Huge Comeback<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheMoneyGame\/~4\/oHoAGoxb-g4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An old, crusty, off-strip hotel with a rich poker past is shutting down. LasVegasNow: A spokesperson with Binion&#8217;s Gambling Hall &amp; Hotel has confirmed that the property&#8217;s hotel rooms, Original Coffeeshop and Keno will be closing on December 14th. A memo to all employees obtained by 8 News Now blames the economy for the move. 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