what a beautiful casino

**gopher** · December-15-09, 05:39 AM

what do you think? lol

**EastsideQT** · December-15-09, 07:58 AM

About what?

**Detroit Stylin** · December-15-09, 08:26 AM

About the Greektown Casino Hotel under construction?

**jcole** · December-15-09, 09:01 AM

In a Google 3D rendering?

**Fury13** · December-15-09, 09:08 AM

Casinos, even when finished, are not "beautiful," except maybe for those in Monte Carlo...

**EastsideQT** · December-15-09, 09:13 AM

Oh I see....sarcasm

**wolverine** · December-15-09, 09:24 AM

I propose anyone who complains about the appearance of this building in Google Earth go take some reference shots, download sketchup and import the pictures, model and re-texture this, resubmit and then check back in this thread.

**hudkina** · December-15-09, 01:09 PM

But wouldn't it just be easier to complain to nobody in particular and have nothing ultimately done?

**RickBeall** · December-15-09, 01:33 PM

I am glad that it is built in scale with the surrounding area. Tasteful.

**dtowncitylover** · December-15-09, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by EastsideQT

Oh I see....sarcasm

"Us Canadians are slow to sarcasm because of there's very few Jews in our country." 30 Rock anyone?

I, too, was thinking, "about what?"

**Johnlodge** · December-15-09, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by wolverine

I propose anyone who complains about the appearance of this building in Google Earth go take some reference shots, download sketchup and import the pictures, model and re-texture this, resubmit and then check back in this thread.

Everybody should download Google Sketch-Up. It's awesome, and it's free.

Retroit · December-15-09, 09:20 PM

Did gopher go back into his hole?

MichMatters · December-15-09, 10:13 PM

How timely and poignant a question/comment, gopher. I mean, Greektown only opened, oh, months and months ago after having been under construction for years.

Don't you just love pointless hit-and-run posting? Goper has a full, what? 8 postings? I can't wait to see what he or she has to share with us in the future. And, by can't wait I mean I'd much rather he or she share all that they can in one posting and then just disappear.

**Ray1936** · December-15-09, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by Fury13

Casinos, even when finished, are not "beautiful," except maybe for those in Monte Carlo...

If you say so. This one opens here tomorrow. Sure beats an old bread factory.

**Fury13** · December-15-09, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by Ray1936

If you say so. This one opens here tomorrow. Sure beats an old bread factory.

That's new, shiny, and glitzy, Ray... but I wouldn't say it's elegant in the Old World way that European casinos are.

That one will last in Vegas, what, 15 years? Before they tear it down and blow it up?

**Fury13** · December-15-09, 11:07 PM

Casino Monte Carlo:
Attachment 4350

**jcole** · December-16-09, 08:50 AM

It depends on your definition of beauty. I see beauty in the structure of Aria,the sweeping curves and glass, but also in the Monte Carlo palace type.
As they say, it's in the eye of..

**tallboy66** · December-16-09, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by Fury13

That's new, shiny, and glitzy, Ray... but I wouldn't say it's elegant in the Old World way that European casinos are.

That one will last in Vegas, what, 15 years? Before they tear it down and blow it up?

Well that sounds like something perfect for Detroit, build it then tear it down.

**bailey** · December-16-09, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by tallboy66

Well that sounds like something perfect for Detroit, build it then tear it down.

...well, the 'tear down' part anyway.

**davewindsor** · December-16-09, 09:08 AM

Hmmm, the Monto Carlo Casino is beautiful because it's in the Beauix-Arts style. Greektown Casino is not beautiful. The Wayne County Building is beautiful because it's in the Beaux-Arts Style. The Wayne County Building will be empty at the end of the month. Is this thread leading to the conclusion of turning the Wayne County Building into casino so it doesn't end up looking like the MCS? Oh, but a casino is just sooo unpopular with local voters who'd rather see it end up looking like the MCS rather than giving it to the only tenant that could afford its upkeep.

**Johnlodge** · December-16-09, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by davewindsor

Hmmm, the Monto Carlo Casino is beautiful because it's in the Beauix-Arts style. Greektown Casino is not beautiful. The Wayne County Building is beautiful because it's in the Beaux-Arts Style. The Wayne County Building will be empty at the end of the month. Is this thread leading to the conclusion of turning the Wayne County Building into casino so it doesn't end up looking like the MCS? Oh, but a casino is just sooo unpopular with local voters who'd rather see it end up looking like the MCS rather than giving it to the only tenant that could afford its upkeep.

Did you just make up your own issue and then get huffy about it?

**Fury13** · December-16-09, 11:18 AM

Casino Monte Carlo, inside:
Attachment 4352

I don't think the gamblers dress like that at Greektown...

**1KielsonDrive** · December-16-09, 11:21 AM

I like the [[mausoleum) casino on the left. Another outstanding example of architecture in the Joe Louis mode.

**WPitonya** · December-16-09, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Ray1936

If you say so. This one opens here tomorrow. Sure beats an old bread factory.

My brother worked on the City Center! His company did such a great job on the MGM Grand Detroit, and there's no construction work in MI right now, so they contracted to work in Vegas for 8 months [[MGM threw them a bone). He just got back to Michigan.