20/08/2009, Online casino
The new Rivers Casino finally opened with confetti, fireworks and music, in Pittsburgh's North Shore, after many years of planning and hard work.
The new casino offers over 3,000 slot machines, 4 first-class restaurants, 4 bars, lounges, an amphitheater and hundreds of security cameras.
Rivers Casino costs over $780 million and it measures almost 400,000 square-foot.
The slot machines were the main attraction for the hundreds of visitors which came early in the morning to assist at the big opening.
Some of them declared that people will no longer be forced to travel to the neighboring states, West Virginia or New Jersey, to gamble.
The Rivers Casino's staff offered bottles of water to those who were waiting in the heat the opening ceremony.
No one is hoping more that the casino is successful than the local government and state because the Rivers Casino will generate more than $10 million a year.
The casino hired more than 1,000 people, creating new jobs and opportunities.