I’d stay there again in a minute, and will quit turning up my nose at casino hotels.

Com-FY.įree parking, a voucher for free breakfast, juice/coffee/tea always available in the lobby (plus fresh cookies!) and yes, free and fast WiFi in a room full of plugs to charge my blogging gear. That bed? I could hardly haul myself out of that bed the next morning. The hotel, on the other hand, was quiet and felt rather plush, the staff was very friendly and efficient, and the room was a lot more upscale than I’d expected. The casino is slightly separated from the hotel building, and while you do have to go through there to get to the restaurants, it’s no smokier or noisier than any other casino. Thanks to a wreck on the Interstate right by the casino entrance, however, I was trapped and couldn’t investigate anywhere else, so I wormed my way out of traffic, parked and walked in to see about a room. Riverwind is one of the many Chickasaw Nation casinos and gaming centers. So, when I needed a hotel during a road trip through the Oklahoma City area, the LAST place on my list to consider was the hulking neon Riverwind Casino Hotel behemoth about three miles south of Norman (where I had a meeting the next morning.) It was too painful and stupid to keep putting money in a box for no apparent reason. One time, I played nickel slots in Atlantic City….hadn’t won anything after I put in 25 cents, so I stood up and declared that I was done. Right on the Wikipedia page for “People Who Don’t Like Casinos” is a picture of my face.

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