Casino MonteLago Closes Abruptly at Lake Las Vegas

By Scott Roeben, on October 29 2013
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Yes, there was a casino at Lake Las Vegas.

And, yes, there is a Lake Las Vegas.

Operations at the struggling casino have been suspended pending the casino “getting its flipping act together.” (Translation: Lease issues.)

Luckily for Casino MonteLago, it's difficult to tell when it's closed and when it's open.
The thing about Casino MonteLago at Lake Las Vegas is it’s difficult to tell when it’s closed and when it’s open.

Lake Las Vegas is about 40 minutes away from the Las Vegas Strip. Back when Casino MonteLago was a casino and not a “casino,” we loved it. At some point, business at the “casino” couldn’t sustain live table games, so everything went electronic.

At one point, the casino’s Club MonteLago loyalty program often gave out free yawns for new sign-ups. (We’ll be here all week.)

Even the beauty of the Mediterranean-inspired MonteLago Village couldn’t prod us into going without craps or blackjack tables.

We actually like it out here. We'd just like it more with dice.
We actually like it out here. We’d just like it more with dice.

This isn’t the first time Casino MonteLago has closed. It was closed in 2010 for more than a year.

We hope the casino will re-open at some point, with table games this time. That sound you hear is us not holding our breath.