Reply To: Colorado-Vegas-Bahamas

[Ben RosenthalKeymaster]

I’ll have videos for all of the casinos in Black Hawk, Colorado, in the days ahead. I’ll put them in the Blog section, along with write-ups of each with more specifics than I’ll have here. Overall, I thought the place was solid if you’re going strictly for slots, but I probably wouldn’t make another trip of it (despite how picturesque everything was built into the mountains).

There was a fair bit of competition at the casinos of substance, particularly at Monarch. Nothing like Las Vegas, of course, but then again nothing is like Las Vegas on a competitive level. Black Hawk had a few rare games you won’t find at most venues, and I was finding plays on many of those games (see New Games thread).

If you do go, I’d suggest going in a Monarch-Ameristar-Lodge-Bally’s loop. The other casinos didn’t have a whole lot, though I was still stopping at all of them at least once per day.

Also, make sure you book a ride back to the airport in advance, particularly if you have a morning flight. Taxis and Uber/Lyft are very hard to come by, and it’s over an hour to get to the main airport in Denver.