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Harrah's Entertainment
Inc. has said that the bulk of next year’s World Series of Poker will be
at the Rio Hotel-casino, with only the culminating final two days at the
Horseshoe. The company has previously said that the Rio is its preferred
venue, due to its size and the increasing volume of entrants each year,
but this year bowed to pressure from Mayor Oscar Goodman who clearly
felt that the WSOP would be good for the newly re-opened historic
Horseshoe, and for the city. The Las Vegas City Council quickly approved
an ownership and liquor license transfer for the Horseshoe in March.
In order to accommodate
this year’s competitors, some 2000 in all, Harrah’s has had to split
Teaxas Holdem poker players into two groups, each playing on consecutive
days. With a capacity of 1000, however, the casino’s resources are still
stretched.
The decision will be
seen as a compromise; a means of accomadating the ever-growing number of
tournament hopefuls, while retaining the important association that
Binion’s Horseshoe has had with the tournament since its inception
thirty four years ago. |
