Casino gets ready to roll - 2004-02-18
Specially made chocolates in the shape of guitars sit on white Egyptian cotton sheets that no one has slept on.
And in 22 days, the red carpet will be rolled out and the Flying Elvi will fall from the sky when the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 7 miles east of Tampa, celebrates its grand opening.
"We promised you when we broke ground, we believed we could put this facility in the middle of the Las Vegas strip," James F. Allen, CEO of gaming operations for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, told reporters Tuesday. "We believe we've reached our goal."
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