{"id":33038,"date":"2022-07-06T15:33:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T22:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=33038"},"modified":"2022-07-06T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T23:51:38","slug":"closed-ballys-sportsbook-to-be-replaced-by-arcade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/closed-ballys-sportsbook-to-be-replaced-by-arcade\/","title":{"rendered":"Closed Bally&#8217;s Sportsbook To Be Replaced by Arcade"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>We now know what&rsquo;s moving into the closed Bally&rsquo;s sportsbook: Arcade. Not &ldquo;an arcade.&rdquo; Arcade. That&rsquo;s the name of the thing that&rsquo;s replacing the Bally&rsquo;s sportsbook. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/casino-executives-shocking-confession-naming-things-is-hard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naming things is hard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, the venue is named Arcade at Horseshoe Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Bally&rsquo;s is transitioning.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33043\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-33043 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/arcade_sign.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In lieu of a rendering.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in June, we shared news the sportsbook at Bally&rsquo;s had been walled off.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bally&rsquo;s sports book has been walled off. (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesInLasVegas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JamesInLasVegas<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DW9xAoUDQW\">pic.twitter.com\/DW9xAoUDQW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/1539327736816185350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rumors were the space would get a Dave &amp; Buster&rsquo;s, but it turns out it&rsquo;s a Dave &amp; Buster&rsquo;s-style venue.<\/p>\n<p>You know, a video arcade.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Arcade will welcome all ages and open the door for a broader audience,&rdquo; says Jason Gregorec, Senior V.P. and General Manager of Bally&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>The statement actually had &ldquo;Arcade&rdquo; in all caps, but we don&rsquo;t participate in such stylistic affectation, sorry.<\/p>\n<p>The 7,000-square-foot Arcade, near the Bally&rsquo;s food court, will offer &ldquo;more than 80 games, from classic arcade favorites to the latest releases.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>From the official announcement, &ldquo;Designed by Aria Group, the attraction&rsquo;s interior draws inspiration from urban night settings featuring a variety of colorful artwork and bright neon lights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While the announcement of an arcade should be accompanied with a sad trombone, there&rsquo;s some good news: The sportsbook&rsquo;s bar is staying, and will be &ldquo;refreshed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33044\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-33044 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ballys_sportsbook.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farewell, place we didn&rsquo;t go to very often because sports are dumb, unless at some point we need to like sports to be on a sports broadcast of some kind in which case we are a noted sports expert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So, what are sports fans to do with their sports wagers?<\/p>\n<p>Bally&rsquo;s slipped this line into the news release: &ldquo;Sports fans can still enjoy best-in-class sports wagering via the Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill app and at the new Caesars Sportsbook ticket counter coming to Horseshoe Las Vegas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That sad trombone sure is getting a workout!<\/p>\n<p>The reality is sportsbooks can take up a lot of space and don&rsquo;t make money for casinos. They&rsquo;re an amenity (like spas and poker rooms), and it&rsquo;s telling Bally&rsquo;s is swapping out a sportsbook for a family-friendly venue with arcade games.<\/p>\n<p>Caesars Entertainment, owner of Bally&rsquo;s\/Horseshoe, is following the money, and while an arcade replacing a sportsbook may be disappointing to some, the bottom line is it&rsquo;s a smart business decision. The simple fact is an arcade will generate more profit than a sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p>As long as the kids are as far away from the casino as possible. Which is where Arcade will be.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ve often shared the awkward fact arcades inside casinos have a lot of similarities to, you know, casinos. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/casino-arcades-las-vegas-gets-little-creepy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here&rsquo;s why<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Arcades have long been a feature of locals casinos, a place for gamblers to leave their kids while they hit the tables and slot machines.<\/p>\n<p>The Duomo, at Rio (also owned by Caesars Entertainment), recently opened. It&rsquo;s a theater, bar and restaurant, but also has an arcade attached.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33045\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-33045 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/duomo_arcade_rio.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If Vegas tries to be a family-friendly destination again, we&rsquo;re out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Weird choices, but then again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/cnbc-tackles-controversial-topic-of-children-in-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">we aren&rsquo;t a big fan<\/a> of people bringing kids to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>A survey by the LVCVA showed 21% of people brought kids to Las Vegas in 2021, compared to just 5% in 2019. This is one of those stats for which the initialism &ldquo;WTF&rdquo; was invented.<\/p>\n<p>Arcade opens at Bally&rsquo;s\/Horseshoe in fall of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In far more exciting news, Horseshoe will have lots of other shiny, new things we anticipate actually patronizing.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s the recently-opened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/jack-binions-steak-opens-at-ballys-horseshoe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Binion&rsquo;s Steak<\/a> (in the former BLT Steak space), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/ballys-to-get-m-y-asia-restaurant-from-chef-martin-yan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">M.Y. Asia<\/a> restaurant from celebrity chef Martin Yan and, outside, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/country-star-blake-shelton-announces-ole-red-at-ballys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ole Red<\/a>, a restaurant and live music venue from celebrity chef Chef Blake Shelton.<\/p>\n<p>We were just making sure you&rsquo;re still paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s a lot more in store as Bally&rsquo;s becomes Horseshoe, so check our site hourly for updates. We won&rsquo;t have hourly updates, but it&rsquo;s not like you have anything better to do.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We now know what&rsquo;s moving into the closed Bally&rsquo;s sportsbook: Arcade. Not &ldquo;an arcade.&rdquo; Arcade. That&rsquo;s the name of the thing that&rsquo;s replacing the Bally&rsquo;s sportsbook. Naming things is hard. Technically, the venue is named Arcade at Horseshoe Las Vegas. Bally&rsquo;s is transitioning. Back in June, we shared news the sportsbook at Bally&rsquo;s had been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegas","category-things-to-do-las-vegas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Closed Bally&#039;s Sportsbook To Be Replaced by Arcade<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We now know what&#039;s moving into the closed Bally&#039;s sportsbook: Arcade.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Closed 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