Now that poker is legal in WV....

penguinfan · #1 08-11-2007, 04:30 PM

Anyone know when a room will open, especially the one at Mountaineer race track?

Thanks

soah · #2 08-11-2007, 04:55 PM

what?

Legislurker · #3 08-11-2007, 05:09 PM

I believe obg said Labour Day?

oldbookguy · #4 08-11-2007, 05:22 PM

Yes, the goal is labor day at Wheeling, they are supposed to have the poker room completed by then. From what I read it is to be a 100,000 sq. ft. room for poker and a second floor for other table games.

The other I do not know and Charleston (Kanawha County) is voting today as well.

penguinfan · #5 08-11-2007, 05:48 PM

Thanks for the info. Looking forward to it.

soah · #6 08-11-2007, 06:17 PM

is this thread all one big joke on us lurkers or something? 100k square feet is bigger than the ENTIRE CASINO floorspace in half of the strip properties. (source)

ThierryHenry · #7 08-12-2007, 12:46 PM

I thought I read in a newspaper a few weeks back that the poker rooms will not open until around Thanksgiving because the Gaming Board does not yet have the regulations written.

Legislurker · #8 08-12-2007, 01:34 PM

Im just happy I don't have to leave the South to play poker(excluding 3rd world Miss and La). Florida or WV either are manageable drives.

frommagio · #9 08-12-2007, 09:33 PM

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I thought I read in a newspaper a few weeks back that the poker rooms will not open until around Thanksgiving because the Gaming Board does not yet have the regulations written.

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Yes, early Nov is the latest target. The Labor Day date was the original hope, but that's not happening.

oldbookguy · #10 08-12-2007, 10:35 PM

Ah, that is too bad, getting too late for me to start crossing Mtns that time of year.

obg