dusk till dawn casino nottingham opening times

Having secured the premises on 10th December 2005 he asked me to come up and see it. Rob first spoke to me in June 2005 with a view to hosting the festivals.

With 51 tables including a TV final table Dusk Till Dawn will be able to host EPT, WPT and at least 3 other major festivals a year all with either added money or guaranteed prize pools in an all dealer dealt stunning environment. The goal of Dusk Till Dawn is to create the largest most prestigious poker venue in Europe, all created with the player in mind. Having negotiated a 15 year lease (and a £3,000,000 commitment!), all Rob had to do now was apply for a gaming license, rip out and refit the premises, assemble a team of directors, managers, hosts and approx 100 staff, oh and finance the project at a cost of £4,000,000!

It has 15,000 square feet, parking for 225, is 10 minutes from M1, 15 minutes from East Midlands airport, and several hotels within 3 miles and has D2 planning for a casino. It took a year before the right place was found ironically in his home town of Nottingham, the requirements were minimum 10,000 square feet, substantial parking, close to a motorway and airport, Smilin Sams, a disused pub/bowling alley/arcade, ticked all the boxes. Rob decided rather than just open a small card room operating without gaming board consent he would go legit and apply for a license he discovered that first you have to secure the premises before applying. Now usually a conversation would take place about the merits of owning your own card room and then the subject would be forgotten, however this time it was taken seriously and the end result was the start of Dusk Till Dawn. Nick made a throwaway comment in exasperation “why don’t we open our own poker room? “ A couple of years ago best mates Rob Yong and Nick Whiten were driving home from their local card room in Nottingham having been refused entry to a tournament for being one minute late.

Dusk till dawn casino nottingham opening times