Except the smoke, obvious drunks, panhandlers in the street, overt prostitution.for those, go elsewhere. Unless one is looking for the Grand Canal at the Venetian, a shark tank (um, the Toledo zoo is maybe 10 min away), white lions (ditto), ancient artifacts (Toledo Museum of Art maybe 10-15 min away), onsite movie theatres, circus acts or rides in the facility, I don't know this is missing. It seems there are are ample personnel, security, comfortable lighting and security, no objectionably loud noise for the type of establishment, a generally well-dressed and well-mannered clientele, easy access from the parking garage to the casino and restaurants, easy access to/from 75N&S (caution: Toledo area freeways are under construction for the next 750 years, as they have been since Columbus landed in 1492). The Epic Buffet is good and the 'steak place' has an excellent reputation. There is a small smoking area that is outside - literally through two sets of doors that seemed to have a negative air flow system - keeping the smoke totally outside. It is essentially a smoke-free establishment. For about 10 consecutive years, we went to Vegas for the 'adult Disneyland' experience, hiked Red Rock, Valley of Fire, Death Valley, and stayed in off-the-strip casinos, but also hiked the strip and walked through the casinos. My wife and I are not gamblers, but we are 'tourists,' and do travel.

If I designed one of these places I would put all the card games in a separate area, walled off from all the slots and other nonsense. The outside of the building looks pretty cool but the inside is pretty blah with lots of noise that you can get away from. the casino is basically a square box with a lot of noise and not very unique. One other thing, the music being played is terrible. I went to cash out and the wait was long for seven people in line. Look, if your going t advertise this outdoor experience then update your website when it's not open so people like myself that travel two hours know. It was an afternoon day, beautiful weather, and it was closed.

So I left that and went over to the gaming terrace and it was closed. I could only find a seat at criss-cross and it's one of those games where you put a lot of money up front and hope to get a good hit. There was a criss-cross poker, three card poker, blazing 7 something or another, roulette, craps, and a couple of blackjack.

I went over to the table games and there were very few open. First I played a little video poker at one of the several bars and did okay.

I really wanted to see the new gaming terrace that opened not to long ago. I visited the casino on a Wednesday afternoon at about 2:30.

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