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Originally Posted by RhodyGuy
$29 parking, paying for drinks, paying for food with no lounge access, lacking ease of access to casino, and no rooms...…..
Yeah, everyone should be fleeing Foxwoods and Mohegan on June 23rd lol.
1... You are incorrect sir cocktails at Encore will be complimentary and they will be served longer than Connecticut (20hrs per day from 8am till 4am)
2... Lack of lounge access doesn't affect 85% of poker players anyway seeing as you need to play close to 600hrs of poker to keep a platinum card for a year (which grants you Hampton access) and outside of the backpack toting nit reg wannabe "pros" not many recreational players reach this level anyway.
3... The parking fees if implemented do indeed suck... not sure what the thinking is there, maybe they are trying to squeeze people into taking public transportation or the water shuttle or maybe they will give free parking to player card levels above the bottom level (like M-Life does)
or validate parking if you are gambling. Even still the $29 is about the same most people would pay in gas and wear on their vehicle making the 2hr drive to Foxwoods so in reality the $29 fee would potentially be a wash.
4... Google is your friend you should read some of the articles that quotes experts in the field telling of epic changes coming to Connecticut after June 23. The contraction is already evident at Foxwoods as they prepare for Encore as well as upcoming future changes as in: A: when the poker room moves upstairs (to the currently walled of section of the original Rainmaker casino) they are going from 95 cash tables to 65. B: the closing of the festival slot room coming in June +/- (this room has more slot machines than any other room at Foxwoods). C: The closing of the Hampton lounge and moving it to where Burke in a Box used to be and seriously downsizing the food options. FYI: This information comes from a very very very reliable source and not from table banter in the poker room.
5... I agree with you on the rooms it will be one edge Foxwoods will have over Encore for sure. I'm guessing comped rooms at Encore will be like hens teeth and the paying rates will be insane.
Bottom line though is the poker end of it will not be very high on their list of worries, they are really going to get their teeth kicked in on the pit games and slots which is where they make almost all of their cheddar. It should be interesting to see if MA or CT wins the race to see who gets sports betting up and running first. (also heard that although obvious it's confirmed that when the sports book finally opens at Foxwoods it will be in the racebook which will be right in the middle of the cash and tournament areas for poker.)
Last edited by Mr ATM; 03-24-2019 at 08:01 PM.