Binion's Horseshoe Open Again
Channel 13 News
Posted: April 1, 2004
The legendary Binion's Horseshoe swung open its doors this afternoon to thousands of loyal customers and curious onlookers.
Within minutes, a deluge of people had flooded the gambling floor, filling every corner and every seat.
Binion's had shut down more than two months ago because of financial problems. It reopened today under Harrah's management.
Not much had changed inside the casino that was founded more than 52 years ago by cowboy Benny Binion.
Harrah's officials say they removed about 25 percent of the table games and 400 slot machines to make the place less cramped and more customer friendly.
All the old grimy casino chips were also replaced with clean ones sporting Benny Binion's famous mug, who died in 1989.
Swaths of the ratty carpet, with its floral pattern and lucky horseshoes, were replaced with new identical rolls found stashed away in a warehouse. Poker.
Harrah's officials say the 35th annual World Series of Poker tournament is set to begin April 23 at Binion's.
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