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Photos of Harrah's Ak-Chin from Jim
Report from C. Carter, March 22, 2008
Saw your link on
Nick Russell/Gypsy
Journal's blog. There were from 8-12 RV's (& us) staying at Harrah's Ak-Chin
Indian Casino on Feb 21 and 22. Both nights there "appeared to be an empty
5er" and no tow vehicle. [Oh well.] Mon-Thurs you can complete an info card,
get an Harrah's membership plastic card on a nifty plastic-coiled "key
chain?" and eat their medium-extensive lunch for $5.95...Fri, Sat, Sun the
lunch reverts to $9.95.
Being out in the country (S of Phoenix) it's quiet at
night. But I wondered about gambler-traffic on F,S,S (i.e. weekends). There
was a fire mid-morning (Fri) in the bingo-hall (exterior-separate building)
and a dozen fire-police-EMS vehicles. We joked (among ourselves) that
grand-ma dropped her cigarette on her bingo card.
Not, a short in the air conditioning unit.
Plenty of room for any size RVs. Could/can handle 30-50+.
Next to us were 5 Canadian "plates" having a pleasant FREE "camping party"
(i.e. lawn chairs, grills, 1-wheel chair, dogs on leases, etc).
Would do it again when in the area...........but not
summers.
Report from Rick and Lucky Lucy, February 2008
We have stayed -- dry camped -- at Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino
in Maricopa, AZ, on several occasions. Like many other Indian casinos this
one is out in the country several miles from any town. There is plenty of
parking for RVs of all sizes and there are usually several in the lots. Tour
buses and semi trucks also use the lots but there is room to get away from
them, especially in a smaller camper. There is a large dairy operation a few
miles south of the casino and if the wind is just right, which it often is,
you can experience the unmistakable odor of thousands of cattle confined to
a small area.
The casino buffet is nothing to write home about but it serves the purpose
and the price is right. We had one meal at the steak restaurant (The Range,
I think) and I would give it only a D+ for both food and service.
They had a few full pay VP machines at the $1 level but our last visit was
over a year ago so those may be history by now. Harrah's is not real big on
providing full pay machines.
All in all this is not a bad place to hang out for a couple days if you
happen to be in the area.
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