Greektown Casino
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Greektown Casino Hotel in Detroit, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

 is one of three casino
Casino
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...

 resort hotels in the city, and one of four in the Detroit-Windsor area. Greektown Casino, LLC is majority owned by Greektown Superholdings, Inc. and Greektown Newco Sub Inc. Detroit is one of the largest American cities and metropolitan regions to offer casino resort hotels.

The complex was formerly a festival marketplace
Festival marketplace
A festival marketplace is a realization by James W. Rouse and the Rouse Company in the United States of an idea conceived by Benjamin C. Thompson of Benjamin Thompson and Associates for European style markets taking hold in the United States in an effort to revitalize downtown areas in major US...

 called Trappers Alley, built in the 1980s.

History and development

Site preparation for the new hotel which included demolition of a city-owned parking garage started in June 2006. Construction began in October 2006 and finished in 2009. The new design (after two redesigns) includes:
  • Height: 344 ft. (105 m.) with 30 floors.
  • Opened November 15, 2007: a new 13-story, 3,500-space, free parking garage at Monroe and St. Antoine.
  • Opened November 2008: 25000 square feet (2,322.6 m²) of additional gaming space built over Lafayette to bring total gaming space to 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²).
  • Opened November 28, 2008: expanded and re-designed VIP gaming area
  • Opened February 16, 2009: a 30-story, 400-room hotel attached to the parking garage. of convention space
  • Opened November 23, 2009: Newly designed Poker Room


Two investors group Greektown Superholdings, Inc. and Greektown Newco Sub Inc. acquired the casino hotel after former owners, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.

See also

  • Caesars Windsor
    Caesars Windsor
    Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario is one of four casinos in the Detroit–Windsor area. Owned by the government of the province of Ontario , it is operated by Caesars Entertainment. Both the original Casino Windsor and the new expansion were designed by WZMH Architects...

  • Greektown Historic District
  • Greektown Detroit People Mover station
    Greektown (Detroit People Mover)
    Greektown is a Detroit People Mover station in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is located inside the Greektown Casino on the 3rd level . The station takes its name from the Historic Greektown district....

  • Motor City Casino
  • MGM Grand Detroit
    MGM Grand Detroit
    The MGM Grand Detroit in Detroit, Michigan is one of three casino resort hotels in the city, and one of four in the Detroit–Windsor area. The luxury resort hotel opened on October 3, 2007 with a grand event which included models and celebrities including Ashanti, Kid Rock, male model Cameron...

  • Wikimedia graph of Detroit's casino revenues

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