‘Bringing The Rio back,’ new owner of historic Las Vegas hotel expects near $860M investment to sway
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- The poker tables were full, the celebrities were plentiful and the pools were electric: The Rio Hotel & Casino once shined as bright as its neon lights illuminating west of the Las Vegas Strip.
Carnival Buffet and Seafood Buffet were one of the reasons why people loved to visit the Rio.
Never went to the seafood buffet. Too many people said it wasn’t worth the $$$.
@@gallynuts Exactly. The buffets might have started out well, but as the years went by, they declined significantly in quality. And that pretty much summed up the hotel as a whole. It really went downhill. Hopefully it's coming back.
Yes I use to love the Carnival buffet
Remember when they had the Carnival in the Sky, The free Shows on the Stage near the Carnival in the Sky, The Voodoo Lounge, the poker room, the free shuttle to and from the Strip, the Buffet, The WSOP. Good luck with recreating all those things that were good about The Rio.
Koala you need a lot of great things about the Rio. Spend about a week at the Rio in the late 90s for my honeymoon. I remembered the room was over 1000 sq feet and the Mardi Gras event. Took the family back there 2017 and the place was in shambles with everything cut out. No more shuttle, shows etc. So would be nice if they can bring back the luster.
that was THE spot back in 1994. I wish them luck in getting the Rio back on track
You mean 84
In 1994? It was all about the Luxor
@@hotdogstandman WAS, now it’s just a giant Dorito. As if bringing that to light is something exciting nowadays
@@Anomize23 That SEGA Arcade was world-class
The Rio was Glorious from 1990 until 2000 so much fun .
If anyone going to stay in vegas and you want something cheap and bigger than a standard room, Rio is the place!
I've heard nothing but bad stuff about the Rio. I have even heard of people getting things stolen from their room.
@@sj3881 That can happen almost anywhere. Had my laptop stolen from stratosphere during a room change and that was more than a decade ago. I wouldn't bring anything valuable to vegas unless you're able to carry it with you at all times
@@sj3881 Not rebranding this hotel was the worst thing that Hyatt could have done. It's true, this place has a horrible reputation for almost everything in the last decade. People have been complaining about robberies while they are IN THEIR ROOM for years now and I haven't seen the property do a single thing to address it.
@@Hailkingleon a fellow poker player told me that when he got stuff stolen from his room that they hotel told him that they don't have cameras pointing to the hallway leading to the rooms. Only cameras that are pointed at the elevators so there's nothing that can be done.
Really seems like a inside job. But for that reputations I have stayed far far away from the Rio the few times I've been to Vegas.
I remember the good old days with the hourly floating Mardi Gras floats a beads being thrown.
That huge buffet was a big draw.
ONE OF THE BEST!
My crew and I used to F that buffet up! 😅 🍽️
We live here but hadn't been in years. Went last week and surprisingly it was packed
It's not the hotel. It's patrons that conduct in shady stuff. You need to invest in a lot of armed security.
I would totally go if that happens
Yep. Their security sucks. Plus the neighborhood really went down in the last 15 years or so.
Yes they do Sahara does this and have plenty on the casino floor and nothing ever bad happens there. For being on the bad side of town, you would think something bad will go down but it’s the complete opposite. I feel safer there than any property on the north end. You first notice it on both sides of the entrances at Sahara.
I like what he said about ppl having a fondness for nostalgic. With the improvements - it will be fun to go back there.
I'll certaintly check it out. However, if I decide to eat at a food court, I'll save some bucks and go to a mall instead. Since they're not bringing back the buffet, I don't see what would lure me back in and keep me coming
The food court has reasonable prices, its worth a look if you’re in the area
Rio sports book was LEGENDARY! Small bets and big drinks 🍸 So many stories and good times from their old sports book days
They had the best buffet
Carnival For the price. The seafood buffet was terrible though
The OG Vegas style buffet!!!
Yes, I loved The Rio. It seems lot it went downhill fast. I hope it can comeback just as quickly!
Bring back the Carnival buffet!
I would really find it interesting if this place gets back to being a cool spot to hang out
I really hope they bring the Rio back. I had some great times there back in the early 2000s
Bring back show in the sky and bevertainment please!!!! There is less live entertainment in this town.
Aye, 'twas great!
I stay at the new room and it very nice. Love it
348 million dollars for the renovation is not enough. They would need to spend 2 or 3 times that to make a meaningful difference. In recent years, the Sahara and Tropicana tried to short-spend on renovations and we all know how awful those projects turned out. The renovation disaster at the Virgin is also worth nothing. Old casinos in Vegas are notoriously difficult and expensive to modernize.
Geez, this Casino in its heyday was one of the best. From the rooms to the Buffet. It was a shame how fast it went down hill
I was there in January for my birthday. I like the renovated room. Looks much more modern. I didn't wait long to check in and the service was great.
My only complaint is the 6 to 5 blackjack pay. It's even ridiculous to get that on a 6 deck/15 min. I know most casinos are doing that now, but if you're next to Gold Coast who is paying 3 to 2 on their 2 and 6 deck, probably try being competitive. Or else I'm going next door and putting in my money next door.
Let’s go rio ! I’m happy for
You guys !
Went to Vegas in 1990 for a baseball tournament during spring break in high school. The place was open for like four months, and here you have these kids from So Cal causing mayhem and chaos!!! Such an awesome time as the UNLV basketball team was running rampant in the NCAA! Good times for sure
I loved going to the Voodoo Lounge on the roof. It was always fun. ❤️🎊🌟💖🎊🌃
I’ll be there today ❤ loved it before will definitely love it after
That was a great casino😢
Fun casino too back in the day 🙃
I am glad they are fixing it u[ rather than demolishing it like The one they are fall the new ball park stadium.......There is a ;ot of arid land in Las Vegas so I don't under sand why the ball park couldn't have been built out there rather than demolishing an iconic casino........I don't even care if things are rundown but it's not that hard to make check in quicker........I can buy plane tickets on-line and go on the plane without having to go to a check-in counter......why do you have to do it at a hotel?
I heard it's a little better now
Starfish voiceover ohh no :( she’s a good CZcamsr from Vegas
Bring hotel security back, and hallway cameras
Exactly. Won’t go there. Not safe. People need to use the latch in the room. Maybe stack luggage in front of door and pack a little friend 🔫
The problem rio will always face is being off the strip .
It’s 35 years old, it’s terrible. Want to change it, build something new and connects to the Strip.
NNEEEDD THE BUUUFFEEETT BACK!!!
Never going to happen. They need to get rid of their Walmart clientele.
That’s the cart before the horse. If they make good on the improvements, a better clientele will follow.
@@CaseyBlizzardlike the palms did when stations bought it 🤦♀️
@CaseyBlizzard doubtful in that area. I live in Vegas. That area was somewhat OK 15 plus years ago and been steadily getting worse. A lot of homeless and low income Apts.
The hotel rooms are cheap, that why they have the Walmart clientele.
560 million seems like a bargain purchase price.
Yes, this was the place to be in the 1990s. The Buffet was the best. They had a live singer entertaining guests while they ate. I was excited until I heard food court replaceming buffet...bad decision
Kind of like the owner trying to bring the Sahara back. #MakeVegasGreatAgain!
Great high limit room. Comp drinks are terrible. Ordered Margaritas and all 3 times they were salty and disgusting! Still need work but it's worth checking out. Great variety of new and old machines.
bring back WSOP and im there every year 🎉🎉❤ . i love rio !
☆☆☆☆☆NO Worlds Buffet NO Deal. Enough said
Totally Doable. I remember when the Rio was THE place to go. BUT= that was before there was even transit in the valley, can you imagine? There wasn't any mass transit, lmao. They had shuttles on the strip at different points that would take you there. My ex Deidre had a friend who work on the Carnival team, they had this ship and would throw plastic beads down. And they had THE highest rated buffet in the city and their restaurants were bomb- Mask, which was Sushi was really excellent. So much has changed since then. To say the place looks like a shithole is an understatement. Dilapidated and the sign, which was cool in the 90's- looks uber dated. I went there just before I left vegas about 6 years ago and it made me sad. Mandalay Bay is in the exact same boat- that was was amazing when it opened and now looks barren. Hope they do it justice. It's hard now that the strip has become so centralized that even stuff on the fringes doesn't get the traffic it used to. When LV City council gets their heads out of their asses and shuts the strip down to traffic and make it all pedestrian- it will fit right in. Can you imagine not seeing those fucking retarded elevators on every block, they don't work half the fuckin time. Vegas will always be my baby.
"The guest will have final say when the project ends in 2025..." I guess they mean 2034 because nothing ever finishes on time in Vegas. I wouldn't be surprised if the remodel remains stagnant and it will eventually be torn down.
You don’t live in Vegas.
Where's Rio Rita 💃🎉
So in other words, instead of buffet, anothet puzza restaurant, another taco testaurant , another fried chicken restaurant N another iceam Nd dononut restaurant and another chicken wing restaurant witb McDonald's..
Better put some cameras in those hallways. I won't stay there again until they do
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Luv it
Why.....? Because it's to damn far from the strip
all they needed to do was reopen the carnival buffet and i woulda been there... i went last summer for a comped room they gave us, and we didnt even end up staying..
so, is it worth staying here yet or should people wait another yr?
Wait a year they need a full overhaul and secure locks before I would trust staying there. It did have much bigger rooms than the strip or downtown hotels
STARDUST
All the rooms need makeover stains on beds and couches
Bring back the parade in the sky.
They're certainly aren't in a rush to improve the dump. What have they done in the last five years? I remember in the 90's the big line to the buffet. Inexpensive and good. Buffets like that have vanished all over Las Vegas. None are inexpensive.
"Last five years" How stupid are you, exactly? October wasn't even a year ago 🤷♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
change the hotel room doors
The Rio is historic?
Historic dump. 😂
The first impression of the guest is driving up to the front door from the street and that looks like straight cat shit...they are starting the guest experience at a negative. Also they got rid of the buffet which no one thought should leave and everyone enjoyed. Big negatives so far
It's not 1990, this is likely a huge waste of time and money.
How can you say that when the project is just getting off the ground? Give them time before you cast a doomsday spell on the place.
Worst casino, to say the least. New owners are just putting on Band-Aids and not solving problems. This resort still has a massive theft problem. Peoples room ransacked, items stolen from their rooms and hotel management couldn't care less. Thieves can enter into any room, anytime, even when the guests are sleeping. The hotel refuses to investigate even when thousands of dollars if personal item have been stolen and recovered with the use of tracking chips. Pretty bad when items are stolen from your guest room and you see someone selling those items in the convention center. There was no forced entry, but the hotel management refused to integrate the door lock to identify last entry. Staying there is a real crap shot.
Rio = Buffet.
They need to rebrand the art of "the fat american all-you-can-eat buffet". Simple.
Yes!!! CEASAR PALACE didn't do shit
They had the wsop a few years ago the Rio had the darkest parking lot possible and no signs how to get to the wsop event. I ended up walking down a dark path that lead to a lock door .
My room at the Rio smelled like smoke and the furniture was from the 70’s
"You can't polish a turd." ~ S. Marcus
Not on strip... going too be tough
Are customers still being robbed while in their room? Do they or metro even care? Probably not.
There are lots of other much nicer options than the Rio, it will never return to glory.
Lik
Eric Birnbaum obviously never lived in Vegas, so doesn’t know that Rio was and always will be a dump that no one in their right mind is going to stay at. The entire outside facade is completely decayed. But the biggest impediment is that it is two miles off the Strip. Nobody is going that far out of their way to stay at ghetto Rio. Or take a stinking shuttle there. HA HA. Is Birnbaum going to bring back the Zipline? That’ll bring the tourists in. He got played.
To be fair you can walk from the Rio to Bellagio in less than 20 minutes. I did it last trip. That being said When I use to stay there in the late 90"s early 2000 they had a free shuttle to the strip. I'm sure that is not coming back.
@@stevenrunyon170 we live here, it was packed last week
Does it hurt to be that stupid 🎤
Just another off strip dive
Yea aint gona happen..they can only remodel so much for a shitty,dirty room..and if a regular room on the strip costs $100 a night…is The Rio gona be $90 a night.? Id rather just stay at the newer hotels..plus there will be so many construction zones in and outside the hotel..who would wana stay there? I smell a scam…they probably gona file for Bankruptcy soon and try and collect for insurance or something
Cool story paul
In the meantime guests will have their rooms ransacked to fund the renovation.
Can’t wait to see how it looks on the casino floor.
Dude is going to lose his shirt. Rio is a dump.