Aspers Newcastle Opening

Aspers Newcastle opening
October 2005

Photos taken on or around the 28th October.
The Opera House Casino in Scarborough opened 2 days earlier.
www.gamingfloor.com/FieldTrips/Scarborough2005

www.aspersnewcastle.co.uk
It's now July 2008 and it's amazing that Aspers Newcastle is now heading towards it's 3rd Birthday.
A selection of pictures taken from the opening party and out and about in Newcastle and Gateshead.

The showgirls were on stilts...

A couple of Section 21 slots. Thse are the ones that were removed from British casinos in Septemver 2007 when the 2005 Gambling Act came into effect.

Novomatic's Touchbet Roulette. It's very common now, but the multi-wheel format was quite new back then.

IGT's Monster Mansion.
www.igt.com/GamingGroup/Games/game_detail.asp?pid=5&type_id=3023

Mystical Mermaid - Slot people like their alliteration.
www.igt.com/GamingGroup/Games/game_detail.asp?pid=5&type_id=3292

CTL's G-Pod Terminal screen. There seemed to be a problem with the system.

View of the gaming floor from the Salon Prive.
Hands up all those who can spot the major security risk.

Same as above - slightly different angle.

Newcastle and Gateshead

The now closed Bannatyne's casino.
It was a nice operation, pity it had three tough competitors and a somewhat strange location.

Why can't all multi storey car parks look like this.

Part of the Millennium Bridge.

It tilts to allow ships to pass up and down the Tyne.
www.gateshead.gov.uk/bridge/bridged.htm

Appartments and office blocks on the Gateshead side of the Tyne.

The Tyne Bridge.
It does indeed look very similar to...www.sae.edu/display_image.php?media_id=116

The Sage Gateshead.
www.thesagegateshead.org

Class !

Gateshead Visitor Centre and the Sage.
www.visitnewcastlegateshead.com