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O'Sheas Casino

Coordinates: 36°07′03″N 115°10′22″W / 36.11750°N 115.17278°W / 36.11750; -115.17278
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O'Sheas Casino
The original O'Sheas Casino in 2007
Location Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Address 3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard
Opening date1989; 35 years ago (1989)
ThemeIrish
Total gaming space17,700 sq ft (1,640 m2)
Signature attractionsVince Neil Ink
OwnerCaesars Entertainment Corporation
Renovated in2006, 2013
Coordinates36°07′03″N 115°10′22″W / 36.11750°N 115.17278°W / 36.11750; -115.17278
Websitecaesars.com/linq/hotel/things-to-do/o-sheas

O'Sheas Casino is a casino located within The Linq, a hotel-casino and shopping promenade on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The casino opened in 1989 and originally operated in between the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino (later The Linq) and the Flamingo Las Vegas. Owner Caesars Entertainment Corporation announced in 2011 that O'Sheas would close and be relocated to become part of the company's new shopping promenade known as The Linq. O'Sheas reopened in its new location in December 2013. The revitalized O'Sheas has three bars - the main Dublin Up Bar, the Lucky Bar and the exterior-facing Blarney Bar. The casino includes beer pong tables, a stage, a dance floor and a pit with games including blackjack, roulette, and craps.

History

O'Sheas opened in 1989,[1] and was operated in conjunction with its next-door neighbor, the Flamingo, by their owner, Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Unlike most of the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, prior to this date O'Sheas was not part of a resort and had no hotel.[2] O'Sheas was briefly featured in the 1997 movie Vegas Vacation,[3] when character, Rusty Griswold, won a car through a slot machine sitting outside the casino.

On February 26, 2000, O'Sheas made the 2001 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records by having 220 patrons contribute to the largest crowd to participate in a nationwide toast. The Great Guinness Toast, as it is called, was tallied nationwide as having 320,470 participants. That easily broke the previous year's record of 197,846 participants.[4] In 2006, Vince Neil, lead singer of the band Mötley Crüe, opened Vince Neil Ink, a tattoo parlor inside of O'Sheas. It featured a room called "The Stage" that was visible from the Las Vegas Strip, so visitors could watch the tattoo artists work from outside.

Relocation

Caesars announced in August 2011 that as part of The Linq shopping project, O'Sheas would close and be relocated.[5] O'Sheas closed on April 30, 2012.[1][6] On May 1, 2012, the 7 story parking structure for O'Sheas Casino was imploded as part of The Linq project.[7] O'Sheas reopened on December 27, 2013, located in The Linq shopping promenade.[3][8] It is also connected to the casino floor at The Linq hotel-casino (formerly known as The Quad and the Imperial Palace).[9]

Casino

O'Sheas targets, and typically attracts, younger crowds in their 20s and early 30s. The casino offered low minimums on table games, a poker room, and a World Series of Beer Pong branded beer pong area. Before being purchased by Caesars Entertainment (known then as Harrah's Entertainment), O'Sheas branded itself as having low minimums and liberal rules on table games, thus attempting to draw "locals" and savvy, low-minimum gamblers. After being acquired by Harrah's, O'Sheas generally offered the least advantageous table games in Nevada (i.e., bad for players), especially on Blackjack (where Blackjack only paid 6:5 on all games), and had branded itself as a "party" casino.[10] The casino offers five beer pong tables in addition to the other games.

  • O'Sheas Casino in 2011
    O'Sheas Casino in 2011
  • O'Sheas Casino in 2012
    O'Sheas Casino in 2012

References

  1. ^ a b Valley, Jackie (April 30, 2012). "It's not easy being green as O'Sheas on the Strip closes to make room for Linq project". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Sandler, Corey (2007). Econoguide Las Vegas: Also Includes Reno, Lake Tahoe, and Laughlin (5th ed.). Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press. p. 143. ISBN 9780762741687. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  3. ^ a b Cullen, Natalie (December 27, 2013). "O'Sheas Casino Reopens on Las Vegas Strip". KLAS-TV. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  4. ^ Nevada Travel Roundup April 2000
  5. ^ Caesars' $550M Linq promenade with 550-foot observation wheel to open June 2013 in Las Vegas
  6. ^ The Last Days of O'Sheas
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ Carroll, Laura (December 27, 2013). "O'Shea's 2.0 opens with Lucky, beer pong and plenty of customers". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  9. ^ "O'Sheas". Caesars Entertainment. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  10. ^ Review of O'Sheas
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