Statement from Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel

In the past week, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel has received reports that some guests and employees have experienced gastrointestinal symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Harrah’s Cherokee immediately contacted the Jackson County Health Department, which is working with the property to investigate the cause of the illnesses.

Acting in cooperation with public health officials, Harrah’s Cherokee has been and will continue to take steps to protect its guests and employees and stop any further incidents. These steps include:

• Deep chemical cleaning of all common areas including restrooms, shuttle buses, and the gaming floor, paying particular attention to door handles, buttons and any other surfaces that are routinely touched.
• Stringently cleaning of all hotel rooms of sick guests; laundering all bed linens, drapes, and shower curtains.
• Recommending all guests and employees frequently wash their hands with soap and water to further prevent spread of germs that may cause the illness.
• Ensuring sick employees do not report to work until 48-72 hours after symptoms have subsided.
• Following all protocols requested by the Health Department.

Harrah’s Cherokee is referring employees or guests who show symptoms of illness to Harris Regional Medical Center for testing and treatment and is reporting any new cases of illness to the Health Department. If you are on property and are experiencing symptoms, please contact our Security/EMT at 497-8814. Harrah’s Cherokee will keep its guests and employees updated as soon as it receives additional information from the Health Department.

Two articles in today's Asheville Citizen-Times indicate that the Casino is pressing the Governor for live poker, craps, and blackjack.

NC's lottery revenues were up 25% in 2009 while the Casino's revenues were down 4% in 2009. That, and the 430 new jobs promised if table games are approved, should help their case with the State.

After three trips to the Casino, I've slowly gotten comfortable with the computer tables. More hands/hour, no dealer tips or mistakes, and less germs from cards and chips outweigh the negs for me. Nonetheless, with no other legal live poker room within hundreds of miles, the computer tables are clearly the reason the line outside the poker room door isn't a block long 24/7.

NC is crazy to not pass table games, could you image the amount of people from Atlanta that would drive up there, god I hope they do it and put in a large poker room to boot, maybe something like foxwoods, it would be worth the drive every weekend.

I was planning on driving up to play for a day, but got scared off by weather. I wonder if anyone else played this weekend; how many tables were going for poker??

tia

Please get real table games and poker one time NC!!!! I cant stand the digital black jack and the video craps is a joke. i can get the same enjoyment playing craps online.

Im gonna be in Knoxville for a month or so, can anyone give me an update on the rockslide cleanup and/or a reliable shortcut?

I was there 3 weeks ago and 40 was still closed.

Can anyone answer the following questions for me please?

Are they still wiping everything down every two hours and wearing gloves to avoid whatever sickness was going around?

Does the rockslide everyone is talking about affect people coming from Atlanta?

Thanks!

How are you coming up from Atlanta. The rockslide is at exit 20 on I40. Both ways are blocked.

I don't remember exactly, 985 to start with. I thought it may have only been blocking people coming from another way. I guess i'll have to call and see. I was planning on coming there not this weekend but the next one. Hopefully it'll be cleared by then (?)

Edit: Looks like i take US 23 to 441. Hopefully i should be in the clear

As long as you don't have to come from Knoxville on I 40, you should be in the clear.

You will be fine coming from Atlanta going up 985.

Any O8 games been running lately?

I absolutely want to get cards and chips in the game. This has wonderful advantages. Fewer hands. Dealer tipping. Dealer error. Player error. Angle shooting opportunities. Controversy and chaos.

Win win imo.

Actually be pretty happy to let you guys congregate in Greensboro etc. and get busted/robbed.

Been there done that.

Heck, back in the early 80s, I wasn't there knock wood, we had a robbery at my daily 50 cent stud game and a reg got shot. We had mechanics there on and off.

Folks ought to be thankful for a legal and safe game in today's world.

But I welcome all 2+2ers to go to Greensboro, don't want to see you anyway.

Hope the weather is good, have been in Vegas the last couple weekends... will be nice having to pay for drinks again

What goes on in Greensboro?

no idea what jolyroger was talking about in his post

So I am planning on taking a trip out to Harrah Cherokee Casino in late March. What can I expect in terms on NL Holdem games running (limits, tables,action)?

I plan on arriving on a Thursday and leaving Sunday morning.

electronic tables, also there is a pretty long thread on the action there. honestly if its a hike for you to get there, you would be better off going someplace else.

Look at the weather reports. I drove thru last weekend and the roads are suicidal without frozen stuff. Especially if they close the parkway over from Gatlinburg the place can be totally shut off from drive in traffic. I was stuck up there with about 20 other vehicles until a truck could come toss down sand/gravel. The scale of the construction there is amazing but can they handle the traffic to fill it up is my ?.

02/28/2010

Last night, Saturday, was the most action I've seen in the poker room in a while.

All seven tables were running by 3:00 pm. By 7:00, there was a 2-3 hr wait list for 1/2 NL.

5 tables - 1/2 NL
1 table - 3/6 limit
1 table O8 - 1/2 Pot Limit (Full table - hr wait list most of the night)

Played an 8 hr session of O8. Good game, 5-6 players every flop.

Dang that makes me wanna run over the mountain one weekend. Soon.....very soon I hope. Hope to sit in an O8 game with you again.

Come on. I'll be there March 10th and 11th. They are sending out free-room offers for weekdays.

Yea Fri/Sats are dank. I try to only go on the weekends but they only want to comp me the free rooms on the weekdays of course. Grrrr

Any of you guys know a good way to build up tier score without playing crap ass slot machines?

Is the rake reduced for shorthanded play?