{"id":7922,"date":"2014-08-27T18:12:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2014\/08\/27\/baltimores-first-casino-opens-its-doors\/"},"modified":"2014-08-27T18:12:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:12:58","slug":"baltimores-first-casino-opens-its-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2014\/08\/27\/baltimores-first-casino-opens-its-doors\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore\u2019s first casino opens its doors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i57.tinypic.com\/11r9cv4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\tALTIMORE (AP) \u2013 Baltimore celebrated the opening of the city\u2019s first casino as crowds lined the block and packed into the parking garage, eager to try their luck.<\/p>\n<p>\tHorseshoe Baltimore is the last of five casinos to open in Maryland after lawmakers legalized gambling in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\tBefore the general public was allowed inside at 9 p.m. Tuesday, the casino hosted an invite-only fete that included live music, showgirls on pedestals and an aerial acrobat suspended from a chandelier made of wine bottles.<\/p>\n<p>\tMayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was joined by Gov. Martin O\u2019Malley to celebrate Horseshoe\u2019s grand opening.<\/p>\n<p>\tRawlings-Blake called the casino a \u201cspringboard for growth\u201d for the city, adding that the casino will employ more than 2,400, more than half from Baltimore.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Replies:<\/h3>\n<p>No replies were posted for this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALTIMORE (AP) \u2013 Baltimore celebrated the opening of the city\u2019s first casino as crowds lined the block and packed into the parking garage, eager to try their luck. Horseshoe Baltimore is the last of five casinos to open in Maryland&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-casino-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}