The scent of rum and Cokes, whiskey and even, faintly, freshly smoked cigarettes and marijuana cut through the air as more people enter the smokeless casino from outside. On opening day, there’s a motley crew of guests: women dressed in an array of fur jackets frat boys in sweat shirts or sports jerseys groups of balding men in their 40s dressed in sports coats, jeans and sneakers carrying their mixed drinks in search of the next hot table and a large number of seniors moving from slot machines to card tables. The ceilings are adorned with sparkling gold fixtures and crystal chandeliers. (There are close to 130 card tables in the casino, including 39 poker tables.) Flat-screen televisions - set to various sports channels - are placed in between. Sparkling black granite floors are flanked by multicolored fields of carpet, peppered with various poker, craps, black jack and roulette tables. The main attraction has to be the casino floor. The result is a sort of chaotic order that parallels what’s going on in the casino. The structure includes shapes of wrenches, chains, cogs, spokes and gears. Baltimore Sun eNewspaper Home Page Close Menu
