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==History== |
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Before his inauguration was a former popular casino for the royalty but there was a fire in the 1890's and had to be demolished and built this in the same place. |
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The building was built and [[opened]] in 1916, based on the project of the [[architect]] Eloy Martínez del Valle. |
The building was built and [[opened]] in 1916, based on the project of the [[architect]] Eloy Martínez del Valle. |
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Revision as of 18:16, 15 October 2010
The Gran Casino del Sardinero is a leading casino gambling in the city of Santander in the autonomous community of Cantabria (Spain). Located in El Sardinero, particularly in the Plaza de Italia.
History
Before his inauguration was a former popular casino for the royalty but there was a fire in the 1890's and had to be demolished and built this in the same place.
The building was built and opened in 1916, based on the project of the architect Eloy Martínez del Valle.
This casino since his inauguration has combined roulette and baccarat with dancing, party favors and staging of plays, musicals and opera companies that succeeded in his theater. Not because it stopped being the focal point of summer fun, a situation which, however, was a remarkable turn during the post-war. The almost complete closure of their premises, unless the theater which was assigned to art cinema and testing, continued until December 1, 1978, when it was reopened as a gambling casino after of the restoration carried out by the architect Ricardo Lorenzo, who kept the neoclassical style with modernist touches[1].
It currently has a game room and a room of slot machines, a restaurant, three dining rooms, two bars, installed in each of the gaming rooms, a café and a party room. It also has a showroom is usually the presence of works of art by various artists. The games played in the game room are roulette of single 0, blackjack, poker without discarding, and slot machines and electronic roulette in the machines room. Currently, has been incorporated the modality of Texas holdem tournament.
The Gran Casino sponsors and organizes various cultural and sporting events (Festival Internacional de Santander), photographic contests, sculpture and painting exhibitions, bowling, football, rowing and other activities.
References
- ^ Linares Argüelles, Mariano; Pindado Uslé, Jesús; Aedo Pérez, Carlos. (1985). «Volume IV». Gran Enciclopedia de Cantabria. Santander: Editorial Cantabria, S.A.. ISBN 84-86420-04-0