Casinos by the numbers
The outside of the Coeur d'Alene Casino Hotel exterior. handout photo (PHOTO COURTESY OF CASINO / PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CASINO)
Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort
Opening: March 1993
Machines: 1,400-plus
Employees: 1,100 during peak season; 950 offseason
Hotel rooms: 300
Restaurants: 6
Other amenities: Circling Raven Golf Club, spa, entertainment venue, gas station
Charitable giving: $33.3 million to education since opening
Northern Quest Resort and Casino
Opening: December 2000
Machines: 1,650
Employees: about 1,400
Hotel rooms: 250
Restaurants and lounges: 14
Other amenities: Indoor and outdoor concert venues, spa, Kalispel Golf and Country Club
Charitable giving: more than $18 million to Spokane-area organizations since opening
Spokane Tribe Casino
Opening: 7 p.m. Monday
Machines: 450; 12 table games
Employees: About 300
Restaurants: 2
Expansion plans include a $400 million development, with an entertainment venue, hotel, cultural center and police and fire stations.
Sources: Coeur d’Alene Casino, Northern Quest, and Spokane Tribe Casino