The Boardwalk is a shorter walk than from the Mountain Bar??
Starting from the Boardwalk, one walks right PAST the Mountain Bar in order to get to the poker room. So the Mountain Bar is closer.
I'm sorry that you think the new poker room is so remote. But I really don't see it as being more remote than the old location. Less so, in fact.
Also, I've seen the combining of the 2 rooms (Caesars and Bally's) into one as a good move for years. And I know that the top people in poker management positions have been talking about doing this for at least the past 7 or 8 years. It was upper management, and questions over whether Caesars or Bally's would have control and credit for the revenue, that was the stopper.
I for one am happy that those issues have been resolved, and that the new room is open. I just hope that CET management (those way above Dan) give Dan the necessary marketing tools and financing.
Lee