New Venue For WSOP
Published: Friday, June 03, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
NEW VENUE FOR WSOP
The Rio All Suite Hotel in Vegas chosen
The land and online popularity of poker shows no sign of slackening and participation
records will be shattered in coming weeks when the 36th World Series of Poker
opens in Las Vegas, US reports said this week.
Tens of thousands of players compete in more than 40 events that will be held
from June 2 to July 15, and the world championship spans the final nine days.
For the first time, the tournament will be held away from its birthplace, the
former Binion's Horseshoe Casino, now simply known as Binion's, in downtown
Vegas.
Harrah Entertainment, in its second year as owners of the tournament, will hold
all but the final two days of the championship event in a new 60,000-square
foot convention center at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, just off the
Strip on Flamingo Avenue.
Players gain entry to World Series tournaments either by buying a seat -- most
preliminaries require a buy-in of $1,000 to $2,500 and the championship is $10,000
-- or by qualifying in so-called satellite sponsored tournaments in land or
virtual poker rooms.
