themed gaming lounge and noodle bar complete with 8 Baccarat tables, an authentic menu featuring Vietnamese Pho, seafood fried rice, an assortment of noodles, and bubble teas. Te best-in-class Asian gaming lounge has been extremely popular since its inception.
Bally's also rolled-out Celebrity Casino & Lounge, located on the second floor of the casino, offering over 30 slot machines ranging from pennies to $5 machines, including video and reel, one blackjack table, one baccarat table, and a unique dining experience featuring Jerry Longo's. Te exclusive gaming lounge, featuring martinis and higher- limits gaming, has added a sense of polish and exclusivity.
G3 interviewed JCJ Architecture’s
Senior Project Designer, Christine Faverio, about the project - both the pain points and the solutions.
Why was the Bally’s Kansas City design such a ‘bold departure from the current aesthetic.’ What was the former ’style’ of the casino - what were you working with?
Christine: A picture is worth a thousand words. Te original aesthetic was an orange, 65-foot high “steamboat-style” boat the size of a football field.
What were the key elements of the Bally’s brief?
Christine: Te Commercial Center was a new addition to the existing structure. We has to construct a new façade to disguise the existing boat and build gangplank entrance to access the boat from the parking
Our first objective was to
reconceptualise a 65-foot high orange
steamboat floating in a moat that is the
size of a football field, while limiting the weight of the enclosure on the barge and
minimising the
connection points of the enclosure to the structure to avoid
compromising the existing envelope.
area along with the new Commercial Center. Plus, there were parking garage improvements, and of course, the site development itself.
What did you specifically want to achieve with this design and how did you set about addressing all aspects of the brief?
Our first objective was to reconceptualise a 65-foot high orange steamboat floating in a moat that is the size of a football field, while limiting the weight of the enclosure on the barge and minimising the connection points of the enclosure to the structure to avoid compromising the existing envelope. Te large-scale fabric- wrapped works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude inspired our solution. Te bold colours of the fabrics used to wrap the iconic
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