An overnight room at the posh Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Fayette County will still cost a few hundred bucks, but playing the slots and tables at the resort’s casino will set you back far less — as little as $10.
Nemacolin’s Lady Luck Casino, now under construction with a planned July opening, and the state gaming control board have finally settled on a plan that will allow visitors to gamble at the casino without being an overnight guest.
Unlike the rest of the state’s racetrack and stand-alone casinos, the small-scale “resort casinos” are meant to be ancillary amenities and not for universal use.
Non-guests have three options. They can be “patrons” of the resort — that means eating at a restaurant, playing a round of golf, visiting the spa. Customers have to show a receipt, with a $10 minimum, in order to gain access to the casino.
Those without a receipt can either buy a $45 annual resort membership, which gives them casino access as well as other resort discounts, or they can buy a $10 resort gift card.
That gift card would count as a resort purchase, and would give buyers one-time access to the casino. Those who have the $45 membership can play at the casino for a full year.
Both the membership plans and the $10 gift cards can be purchased in the lobby of the Lady Luck Casino, or in the lobby area of the Chateau Lafayette, said Chris Plummer, general manager at Nemacolin.