Casino Las Palmas moves to the Port

30.03.2009, Casino Las Palmas changes its seat at the Hotel Santa Catalina for a new location in the port area, where it seeks to increase its customers and avoid the costly annual rent of 700,000 euros paid to the Council City for a local of about 800 meters.

The drastic decline in customers, which has in recent months, a reduction of 80 percent of sales, has forced it to close the restaurant Doramas, the culinary offer of Casino, and the dismissal of 17 workers from its staff .

The Group company is considering three sites among those it will choose the final place in which to develop their business after twenty years of presence in the luxury hotel owned municipal.

According to Juan Padrón, President of Casino the high cost of rent of 721,000 euros per year, and the effects of the economic crisis have led to the decision of the based approach, which aims to become a reality within a period of six months. By then, the casino will open in a different place, closer to potential customers, and recover the restaurant and the staff now had to dismiss.

Meanwhile, the company will continue its activity. "Maybe, we could considerer, if anything, a reduction in time, but not the closure of the Casino," said Juan Caceres in this newspaper, its Managing Director. Making it possible to continue to work, save new, the 105 employees in charge of the eight game tables and other services.

The Palms Casino Las receives an average of 72,000 customers a year, including the restaurant Doramas, closed, and has a turnover of around 8.5 million euros, half of which goes directly to the Treasury.

Source: La Provincia

El Casino Las Palmas, inaugurado en 1987, está situado en el Hotel Santa Catalina, uno de los edificios más emblemáticos de la ciudad, construido en 1890, y es un magnífico ejemplo de la arquitectura canaria.

		
 
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