I am a gold member close to platinum. I really don't think I will go back. The April BOB promo just gives out a 5 dollar food court coupon. What a joke. The machines are way too tight. No I don't go expecting to win, but I would like to play a little longer than 30 minutes on 200 dollars.
First trip to the new permanent casino today (had been to the temporary one 3 times before). It's a 2-hour trip for us from OH and worth every minute. I was impressed with the temporary casino, but this one is going to be hard to top.
There were lots and lots of people there--and yet I could find machines to play on and rarely had to wait to use my "favorites." I also enjoyed trying some of the newer games that I wasn't familiar with.
I love the fact that there are so many low-denomination machines--for us "poor folk" who just want to have a little fun. We can play a long time on very little $. Had lunch at the Terrace Cafe, and we loved the view overlooking the racetrack which happened to be racing today. Had a $5 coupon as a promotion for lunch, so it virtually paid for lunch.
I had one machine that wasn't functioning, and I did have trouble locating an attendant (the machine wouldn't give me my voucher!). It finally blinked, and I quickly punched the Cash Out button again, and it finally spit it out. However, I never was able to find an attendant. There were a number of waitpersons all over the casino offering drinks all day, and they were very attentive.
The restrooms were clean and tended to regularly. Unless I didn't find them all, there would be a few more (and the ones I did find--the Men's and Women's were reversed from the other one; i.e., Men on the right, Women on the left at one restroom site; Women on the right, Men on the left at the other. In five minutes, I watched 5 people go into the wrong restroom! Small thing, as we should all be able to read, but it obviously is an issue of that many people make the same mistake in a short period of time.
It's a beautiful casino. It would be nice if they had a hotel with pool(s) at the site, but I understand the need for a parking deck instead of a hotel.
When The Meadows initially opened, it was great. The slot machines were loose, and The Meadows were substantiating a beautiful profit with a descent percent payout. I realize that the casinos are in business to make money! Why must there be an extreme amount of greed on the part of the state regulations to lower the payout? Look what happened to the West Virginia casinos! Will The Meadows fall as they did when the new casino opens in Pittsburgh?
This is really a nice facility for a temporary casino (the permanent one is scheduled to open in spring 2009). The attendants are very attentive to troubles, the casino is well lit, shuttle service is convenient and the rewards program is fabulous. There are constant promotions and credits in increments of $5-$30 arriving in the mail at all times. We can't wait until the permanent casino opens !
This is a much better casino than the ones in West Virginia. The slots are much better,and you usually get to play longer for your money. West Virginia slots are very tight. My husband and I quit going there.
We now only go to the meadows. It is closer,and even though we don't win wherever we go we do get to play longer at the meadows. The only complaint I have is not having a bigger non-smoking section. It really isn't fair that the smokers always have the biggest rooms. It is very inconsiderate of a smoker to sit down and start blowing smoke in your face, when at the time you sat down there was no one sitting on either side of you. They don't even have the decency to ask you if you mind if they smoke. I still think if a casino was all non-smoking that business would be as good as if there was smoking,because there are alot of people that don't smoke that like to gamble. My husband and I can't wait til the new one opens.
