A similar thing crossed my mind when I visited Tombstone Arizona. They sell a lot of cheapo knicknacks in the actual still-standing buildings from its historic period. I thought it would be neat if the legalized gambling in the town and created a sort-of old west resort atmosphere.
So, my first theme casino would be
The Occidental (Wild West saloon themed casino)
If I had any slot machines, they would be all old-fashioned, with a pull lever instead of a button to push, and no flashing lights, etc. If you get three cherries, you win the jackpot. I’d have all the card games. Blackjack and Poker especially. I’d have the old time gambling games too. Faro. Hazard. And roulette. The dealers would wear garters on their arms. I’d pay extra if they grow handlebar moustaches. All the females would wear those dancehall girl type costumes.
Wood floors and red velvet drapes. Wooden fixtures, Gas lamps. Animal heads on the walls. A man playing the piano in the corner. Whisky and beer would be the only alcohol served. I might hire entertainers to have gunfights too.
The dining room (I’m really getting into this, no?) would serve wild game. Buffalo, quail, goose, salmon. The chairs would be high-backed, overstuffed, in the same red velvet as the curtains. The tables would be thick and wooden. The waiters would be dressed like the dealers, but with a white apron.
I would have 10 or 11 rooms upstairs for the hotel aspect. 4 post beds, windows that look out over a dusty street. You’d have to pull a chain to flush the toilet.
And then, when I sell that casino for millions, I start a Rick’s Americain type place.
The casino:
Indescript building. A solitary steel door. You knock on the door. A window slides open on the door. You give the password before you enter. You enter into a room like the casino part in the movie. European style gambling.
The hotel.
Rugs on the marble floor. Beds with curtains. Lotsa pillows. A dish of fruit on the ornate table: mangoes, bananas. Figs
The restaurant:
Well, we’d have two. One is an “authentic” Morrocan restaurants (or at least like the ones here in America) Groups eat from a communal dish around a low table while sitting on pillows. Belly dancers.
The other would be just like Rick’s in the movie. Jazz band. Small tables in intimate hideaways. Candleabra’s on each table. We’d serve American fare, with some vaguely Morrocan dishes.
The workers:
The men all wear those Bogart-style white tuxs. Women wear clothes like the woman Bogart rejects in the movie.
I bet I could come up with a dozen of these.
