Weather and Casino attendance?

zunni74zunni74
in Brick & Mortar Casino Talk
Looking out my window and I'm wondering about how weather like this affects Casino attendance. Do people stay away from Casinos because of the issues involving getting to the building from home? Or are they more likely to seek shelter in-doors in the storm?

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  • Wetts1012Wetts1012
    Common Sense says attendance goes down.

    That being said, one of my best poker experiences was a great 5-10 game we had while we were snowed in at Brantford about 3 years ago.
  • philliiveyphilliivey
    attendance is down usually half empty if alot of snow.
  • SuperBadSuperBad
    The last time I was at Seneca, it was an awful day, raining from morning to night. The room was very busy, and I made a comment that I thought the poker traffic would be lighter due to the weather. The dealer said that they all pray for rain, as it makes for a busier shift, and more tips....

    Not sure why this increases the volume, perhaps locals figure that if they have to stay indoors, why not hit the felt...
  • zunni74zunni74
    So last night, cold night, had a storm earlier in the day. I arrived at Brantford at around 6:30 and was 3rd in line. The board filled behind me within an hour or so, but it seemed like people were more inclined to not get up and leave but buy back in instead. I saw a few players who never re-buy all doing it last night. So it took over an hour for those 3 people to get called and me to get seated.

    By around 11 pm, we had 1 empty seat at our table (and one at the other 2/5) and it stayed the rest of the night with an empty board. I left at 12:15 and there were 6 left at my table when I cashed out.

    So I'd say it has an impact, I'm waiting to see if as the winter progresses it nullifies the effect (people get used to dealing with the snow so they don't mind driving in it), though I was sitting next to a guy from London so the weather didn't put everyone off. On a poker note, he played almost every hand to the showdown and was up over 320 when I left, combined with 1600 in slots his wife/kid had won and his drive home was a happy one I bet.
  • BBC ZBBC Z
    I expect more people in the casino in the wintertime than summer.

    I'm sure some OLGC stat can show it.
  • HobbesHobbes
    I'd have to say:

    Summer shitty weather = attendance up
    Winter shitty weather = attendance down
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