Las Vegas Gambling Pubs Growing Fast Among Local Niche
While billion-dollar projects on the Strip are the talk of the town, a home-grown chain of taverns is quietly building an empire by cornering a market where locals drink beers, eat real restaurant food and play video poker.
PT's Pubs are becoming the Starbucks of Nevada taverns, hugely popular among casino workers, young singles and professionals who eschew neighborhood casinos for the darkened comfort of a corner joint where servers get to know the customers' names and preferred drinks.
Named for local businessmen Phil and Tom Boeckle, the PT's chain dates from 1982. The company's growth spurt came after former Station Casinos executive Blake Sartini, the brother-in-law of Station Casinos Chief Executive Frank Fertitta III, bought 23 PT's locations in 2002.
The year before, Sartini had founded Golden Gaming, PT's' parent company, as a spinoff of Station Casinos. The company initially operated slot machines in bars and convenience stores owned by others. The purchase of the nearly two dozen PT's, however, marked a transition for the company into running its own gambling establishments.
June 22, 2006
Posted By Matt Manchester
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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