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The Peppermill Casino in Reno, Nevada is now "The only resort in the United States whose heating source is totally provided from geothermal energy produced on the immediate property."
That's a pretty impressive statement, but the resort is also proud of the money it will save after investing $9.7 million dollars in the geothermal well drilling and containment system.
I remember when I was a kid and the Peppermill was a lonely restaurant out along Virginia Street next to the drive-in theater. Pretty soon it added some slot machines and the dingy little motel got some new bed spreads.
You could watch the drive-in movie from some of the rooms, but you had to watch through the bathroom window. Cool if your were seven or eight years old.
Ten years later the casino added a single 21 table. It was a six-deck shoe and was busy all day. Now the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino features 1,635 rooms and suites, two resort pools, 10 restaurants and 16 themed bars and lounges.
Yeah, they have a few more table games and slots now, too - 1,900 slots, 48 table games and a really nice, 19 - table poker room.
As for the greening of the Peppermill, they are deservedly proud to have reduced their carbon footprint by doing a LED and fluorescent retrofit of all the lighting in the resort, removing grass and replacing it with artificial turf, and creating a virtually paperless HR department.
Way to go Peppermill!
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Al, very interesting article and makes me feel like someone in the casino business is paying attention to more than the drop! Damn that i missed the free drive-in movies from the bathroom window! Of course you would know about that :+) I worked for them for 30 days and quit and moved to Carlsbad, Ca. to work at a now defunct poker room called Oceanside Card Club owned by Chip Reese, Doyle Brunson and Len Miller.