Florida RV Friendly Casinos - Seminole Hard Rock Casino Holywood

Casino Camper Note

On August 2nd, Kevin M. wrote to tell me that security showed him to a place across the street where he could store his RV (not sleep in it overnight) for $10.

Report from Sean, November 24, 2009
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Note: the following report refers to two casinos; the Seminole Hollywood and the Seminole Hard Rock. Underlined by me for emphasis.

We're in Fort Lauderdale tonight (staying at Isle Pompano), and thus had occasion to call and speak with security at *both* Seminole casinos in the area, the Seminole Hard Rock, and the Seminole Hollywood.

First, as we posted to your site and in our blog back in February of 2006, per security, the Seminole Hollywood does *not* permit overnight parking; back in 2006, they would not even allow us to park for the day. When I called security tonight, they confirmed there is no RV parking on property. This would contradict the RV status listed on the site as "supposed to be OK" as well as the "Yes(U1)" in the Florida page table, For whatever reason, our comment back in 2006 ended up in the Hard Rock listing, but it was definitely the Hollywood casino we we talking about: http://ourodyssey.blogspot.com/2006/02/on-intracoastal-hallandale-beach.html

I can not speak to the RV park across the street, but no one at the casino mentioned it on the phone; I suspect they are unrelated businesses.

After security at the Hollywood told me we could not park there, they offered to transfer me to the Hard Rock. Security at the Hard Rock informed me they had oversized vehicle parking available, but *no* overnight stays are allowed. They claimed that they check for this in the morning. Here again, this would contradict reports from Susan, Emily, and maybe others.

So, to clarify: overnight RV parking is prohibited at BOTH Seminole casino properties in Fort Lauderdale. Per security as of November, 2009.

Just trying to set the record straight, and maybe save someone from a mid-night knock.

Casino Camper Note, April 20, 2008 -- After receiving the report below I called the casino and talked with Security. Official policy is; only hotel guests with a room reservation are allowed to park oversize vehicles overnight (semis, RVs, etc). He said they sometimes allow daytime parking (not overnight) when they're not busy on a case-by-base basis.

We accidentally spent the night at Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood Florida and had no trouble even though apparently it is not allowed. I had forgotten there were two casinos in the area and had spoken on the phone with security at one of them and had been told it was "unofficially okay to park in the big lot out back." That was about a month before our arrival, so I had it in my head that we were going to Seminole Hard Rock Casino. I can't remember now which casino I had actually called -- the names are so similar I thought they were both the same place so did not pay attention once I found a website and got a phone number.

The two casinos (Seminole Casino and Seminole Hard Rock Casino) are one block apart. Seminole Casino is at the SW corner of the Stirling Rd (County Road 848) and SR 7 (441) intersection. Seminole Hard Rock Casino is one block north of the intersection on SR 7 (441). The intersection is ~3 miles west of I-95 exit 22.

Entering Seminole Hard Rock Casino there are signs for "self-parking" which lead you towards the parking garage entrance and then take you to the left to a large dirt parking lot filled with 18-wheelers. Some of the trucks seemed to be parked indefinitely with no cab attached. Others appeared to be casino visitors. We arrived in our travel trailer around 2 pm, found a place towards the back and stayed the night. A Class-C motorhome arrived an hour after us. A small travel trailer arrived near dark. All three of us stayed the night. The travel trailer was gone at dawn. We were gone by 8:00 a.m. No one questioned us staying there. I did not realize our mistake until after we left. On a return trip I would go to Seminole Casino first, however we were able to stay the night at the Hard Rock without incident.