Early in its development, the project was called the Black Bear Four Season Resort and Casino.

The casino was approved by voters in a statewide referendum in 2010, and opened on June 5, 2012. There are three eateries at the property. The hotel is four stories, with 107 rooms. It has 27,000 square feet (2,500 m 2) of gaming space, with 970 slot machines and 28 table games. The Oxford Casino is a hotel and casino in Oxford, Maine, owned and operated by Churchill Downs Inc. “We are looking at those numbers and will be making some comparisons, but we don’t have a whole lot of data at this point,” Fleming said.Casino hotel in Oxford, Maine Oxford CasinoĤ4☀6′55″N 70☂6′45″W / 44.1152°N 70.4459°W / 44.1152 -70.4459 Members on the Gambling Control Board are interested in seeing the impact the Oxford facility will have on Hollywood Casino, said Patrick Fleming, executive director of the board. Once alternatives are presented to them, convenience gamblers will go to the closest facility.” “For a small facility, Hollywood draws people from much further distances that would normally be the case, but that’s because people don’t have any alternatives. “That was always projected to be the case because they were going to siphon off some of the convenience gamblers in the immediate area around Oxford,” Barrow said. It would be surprising if Hollywood Casino didn’t feel any effect of the Oxford opening, Barrow said. “We believe long-term customers will still frequent their casino of choice, and we hope that will be Hollywood Casino in Bangor,” he said.

There’s a lot of curiosity about Oxford Casino, but it’s too soon to determine its long-term effect on the Bangor facility, he said. This July also had fewer weekend days, the busiest days of the week, than 2011. Some of the fall-off can be attributed to the opening of Oxford Casino, said General Manager John Osborne. Hollywood Casino has 923 slot machines and 16 table games. Net revenues at Bangor’s Hollywood Casino, about 120 miles from Oxford, totaled $5.5 million in July, down from $5.9 million the same month in 2011.

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