Take an epic adventure through Middle-Earth and join the ultimate battle between good and evil with The Lord of the Rings™ – Rule Them All™ slot machine, now on Casino Niagara’s gaming floor! Based on the cinematic trilogy, this game includes riveting game features starring the iconic characters. The time of your life happens here, at the Niagara Falls casino that redefines excitement. Once you’ve had your fill of the region’s spectacular attractions, it’s time to put your luck to the test in our world-class casino with 3,000 slot machines and over 80 table games. Seneca Niagara offers endless ways to win with the most sought.
| Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel | |
|---|---|
| Location | Niagara Falls, NY, USA |
| Address | 310 Fourth Street Niagara Falls, New York 14303 |
| Opening date | Casino: December 31, 2002 Hotel: January 2, 2006 |
| Theme | Bears/Woods/Water (Niagara areas natural state) |
| No. of rooms | 594 |
| Total gaming space | 147,000 sq ft (13,700 m2) |
| Signature attractions | Spa, Casino, Hotel, and Restaurants |
| Notable restaurants | Java Café Morrie's Express Thunder Falls Buffet Three Sisters Café Koi La Cascata The Western Door: A Seneca Steakhouse Blues |
| Casino type | Land-based |
| Owner | The Seneca Nation Of Indians |
| Renovated in | Thunder Falls Buffet (2007, 2012) |
| Website | www.senecaniagaracasino.com |
Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel is a casino in Niagara Falls, New York. It was built by the city to compete with Casino Niagara and Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Formerly known as the Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center, it was taken over by the federally recognized Seneca Nation of New York.
The casino floor has an area of 147,000 sq ft (13,700 m2) with 99 gaming tables and 4,200 slot machines. It is the largest hotel in New York state outside of Manhattan.
Seneca Niagara The Great Inca Slot Machines
History[edit]
The Seneca Niagara Casino opened in 2002, the result of an $80 million transformation of the Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Center into a full-service casino. It features 82,000 square feet of gaming space with 2,595 slot machines and 91 table games.[1]
Restaurants[edit]
- Western Door (Steakhouse)
- Koi (Asian Cuisine)
- La Cascata (Italian Cuisine)
- Thunder Falls Buffet
- Blues Burger Bar
- Three Sisters Café
- Morrie's Express
- Tim Horton's and Cold Stone Creamery
Shopping[edit]
- Sky Boutique
- Seasons
- The NewsStand
- Player's Club Store
- Watson's Chocolates
- TEN
Entertainment[edit]
The Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel is home to the Seneca Niagara Events Center, a 2,400-seat theater that has hosted various performing artists, including Stevie Nicks, Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin, Martina McBride, Trace Adkins, Lewis Black, Lisa Lampanelli, Steely Dan, Heart, Steve Miller Band, Huey Lewis and the News, Gretchen Wilson, Air Supply, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Blondie, Jeff Foxworthy, Jay Leno, The Moody Blues, Grand Funk Railroad, Cheap Trick, Jim Gaffigan, New Kids on the Block, Seth Meyers, The Pointer Sisters, Chicago, The Go-Go's, Bobby Vinton, Tracy Morgan, Jackson Browne, Frank Caliendo, Michael Bolton and more.
In addition, the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel has the Bear's Den Showroom, a 440-seat theatre that presented more intimate shows, such as The Goo Goo Dolls, Eddie Money, The Grass Roots, Lou Gramm, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Little River Band, Mary Wilson, Richard Marx and more.
Expansion[edit]
In February 2008, the Seneca Gaming Corp. announced the expansion of the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel Property. It will add more hotel rooms, and other amenities.[citation needed] It acquired Fallsville Splash Park, located next to the Seneca Niagara Casino, which was condemned by the State of New York and transferred to the Seneca Gaming Corporation. It was demolished for Phase 2 of expansion of the Niagara Falls casino.
Legal Issues[edit]
Adjacent properties owned by Seneca Gaming Corp.[edit]
Adjacent properties owned by the Seneca Gaming Corporation are not located on Seneca territory owned by the Nation, therefore it is technically illegal to put slot machines or provide for gambling. The Splash Park Property where Phase 2 of expansion is to take place is also located on non-sovereign land.
The former Convention Center is located on sovereign land, and the casino is operated by Gaming Corporation.
Taxing of non-sovereign adjacent properties owned by the Gaming Corporation[edit]
Use of the surrounding area adjacent to the Seneca Niagara Casino by the Seneca Nation for gaming has been the subject of a class-action lawsuit filed by attorney John Bartolomei in October 2010 on behalf of Fallsite LLC and residents who are angry over a 4% tax hike to be passed in 2011. The Seneca Niagara Casino is located on sovereign land owned by the Seneca Nation of Indians.
But, the land adjacent to the casino, including parking garages adjacent to Niagara St., the site of a former Pizza Hut on the corner of Niagara St. and John B. Daly Blvd., the Holiday Inn property on the corner of 3rd Street and Duggar Drive, the former Niagara Aerospace Museum in between 3rd and 4th Streets and Niagara Street and Wendel Way, the former E. Dent Lackey Plaza (now a parking lot) in between Wendel Way, Duggar Drive, 3rd Street and 4th Street, former private homes on 5th and 6th Streets, and the Splash Park Property on the corner of Falls Street and John B. Daly Blvd, are owned by the Seneca Gaming Corporation. The Seneca Gaming Corporation is non-sovereign and therefore taxable, but was left off the city tax rolls. If taxed, the corporation would be the largest payer of taxes in the City of Niagara Falls.[citation needed]
Other properties[edit]
The Seneca Nation operates other gaming casinos on its property in New York state:
- Seneca Allegany Casino - This facility in Salamanca, New York, on the Allegany Indian Reservation, features a casino, spa, six restaurants and a new hotel completed in 2007.
- Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino - Seneca Nation's newest casino is located in downtown Buffalo, New York.
References[edit]
- ^'Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel'. www.niagarafallslive.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
External links[edit]
Coordinates: 43°05′10″N79°03′25″W / 43.086145°N 79.056940°W
| He stands on foreign soil. Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster isn’t smiling. The land he is standing on used to be part of Niagara Falls, New York. It’s now owned by the greedy Sovereign Seneca nation, a group who reneged on their compact. This poor Mayor does not enjoy the skill set needed to get tough with these interlopers who use city services, who make a million a day fleecing petty rascals, compete tax free against over taxed local businesses, but do not offer to help the city in any way, despite the city’s budget woes. |
| Even ol’ Regis could not muster a smile at Seneca Niagara, although a slot machine with his smiling likeness gobbles up suckers’ money. |
| This Seneca Niagara ad is what casino owners hope to make people believe. |
| .This is the reality. A bunch of people, looking unhappy as they lose money. No wonder Seneca Niagara prohibits people taking photos in the casino. |
It displaced a convention center where out-of-town people convened, then went to hotels and restaurants. It became the foreign-owned Seneca Niagara Casino, but tourists hardly come.
The gamblers – by Seneca design - are middle and low-income locals.
The Convention Center made money for locals from out-of-town people. The foreign Seneca casino (which displaced it) makes money for out-of-town people (Seneca) from locals.
Here’s their formula: Win from a large number of petty gamblers, $50 -100 at a clip; it’s called “the grind.” More lucrative and easier than attracting premium gamblers, the “grind” attracts the tinsel puff version.
Nine times out of ten, he’s local born and bred.
The most intriguing thing about the casino is that you never see anyone smiling. Four million of them a year, on average $85 poorer and not one smile.
When I went there recently, the only one I saw smiling was Regis Philbin - who was pictured on a slot machine.
Reverse investment: At a 92 percent payout, if he hits the button on the slot machine at a rate of three times per minute, a gambler will lose (on average) his entire original investment in 21 minutes. If he starts with $20 and keeps putting in $20 bills every time he loses all his money, in one hour, he will lose $57.14. This is called the law of probability. This law is why Casino owners become rich.
Some eight percent wiser.
Break even strategy: This much smarter investor (below) can have action all night in the back of the casino without losing any money by using the coin changer machine. It looks similar to a slot machine and he still gets all the ambience- the dark, neon lit room, the second hand smoke and the company of unsmiling, unhappy people losing money. The difference being that for every dollar he puts in, he gets a dollar back. He is in fact the only one in the place not losing money.