Sochi unfurls red carpet for its first casino

Sochi, a Russian city on the Black Sea, is once again back on the radar as the Sochi Casino and Resort finally rolled out its red carpet for its guest for the first time.

Sputnik International reported that Sochi Casino will be launched today, Thursday. The opening of the brick-and-mortar facility in Krasnaya Polyana – a 165,000 square meter gaming zone –is said to boost tourism in the idyll Russian summer beach resort.

“Sochi Casino and Resort is the first entertainment complex of a global scale located on the territory of the year-round mountain resort Gorky Gorod. Sochi Casino and Resort is a project with a unique concept for Russia in the spirit of the best casinos of Las Vegas. The grand opening of the casino will take place on January 5,” the Domain LLC company said in a statement.

The Russian government has banned gambling in the country’s major cities except for four designated areas: the Primorsky Territory in Russia’s Far East, the Kaliningrad Oblast, Altai Krai, and Azov-City.