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Durango Casino Seeking Employees Before November Opening

Author Shawn Tempesta
New career opportunities await at Durango Casino.

After nearly two decades of teasing it. After over a year of building it. At long last! Station Casinos’ newest property, Durango Casino is ready to swing open its doors on November 20th. So it goes without saying they’re going to need some employees in time for the grand opening!

The property is set to feature a high end pool, resort-level accommodations, a state of the art sports book and a slot or two. There’ll also be an amazing food hall called “Eat Your Heart Out” that will have foodies drooling from day one.

In an incredibly well produced promo video on GetAJobAtDurango.com, Station Casinos is touting why they are a great place to work.

Among the perks they say you can expect as a Durango employee:

  • Free healthcare
  • Advancement opportunities
  • Paid company retirement
  • Medical and dental centers

What kind of positions does Durango Casino have open?

As of publication, over 140 jobs are up for grabs on the Durango employment website. Everything from the assistant general manager for a steakhouse to servers, sprinters and bussers. Catering managers to porters. Assistant managers for room service to room service chefs and servers. Of course dealers are needed as well. The biggest gig we can find on the page is the Hotel Manager position. Chances are they will promote from within from other properties whose employees live in the neighborhood. In total, over 1,000 job vacancies will need filling.

It’s also worth noting that Station Casinos has their own dealer’s school program that not only pays you to go, but when you pass the course you have a full-time position waiting for you at the end of your education!

Unfortunately there are no positions in the bowling center or movie theater. They don’t exist. Although rumor has it there will be a second phase of building at Durango that could include those. Here’s hoping, as the southwest is super underserved when it comes to both entertainment options.

Shawn Tempesta is the co-host of Aimee+Shawn on 102.7 VGS in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is also an Emmy award nominated television host. As a content creator for 102.7 VGS, Shawn writes about current events, education, funny and trending stories.

The Most Brazen Casino Robberies In Las Vegas History

It’s been a busy month when it comes to casino cage robberies in Las Vegas.

In the early morning hours on Wednesday, November 9th, a man walked up to the cage at Resorts World. He showed the cashier a note demanding money, and that’s exactly what he got. The cashier put an undisclosed amount of cash into a bag, he headed outside, hopped into a taxi and left. The taxi driver was later found but it was determined he didn’t know anything about the robbery.

Then just yesterday, Wednesday, November 16th, a man walked into Gold Coast and robbed the cage. No word on how much he stole, but Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told 8 News Now the suspect in that case is “a black male adult wearing a white mask in black clothing.”

The allure of staging a heist at a casino is too much for some to stand. Movies like Oceans Eleven romanticize the premise of pilfering millions from Las Vegas’ richest businesses.

But in reality, it’s among the craziest things someone could do. CityCenter (where Aria, Vdara and other properties are) alone has nearly 3,000 cameras. There isn’t a corner of that property you could go undetected, and they aren’t alone. Las Vegas is one of the most surveilled cities in the world!

Not all “heists” are illegal. The MIT Blackjack Team, who mastered the art of card counting, walked away with millions before the casinos realized what was going on. At the end of the day card counting isn’t illegal, but casinos are well within their right to tell you your business is no longer welcome (and they did). Heck, even UFC President Dana White has been shown the door at several casinos for winning just a little bit too much.

But this isn’t about the smart players. This is about the dumb criminals that got away with stupid money… but in nearly most cases, they didn’t get away for long.

  • Circus Circus Armored Truck Heist - $3,000,000

    Not all heists happen at the cage. A convicted-but-freed murdered named Roberto Solis was, astoundingly, able to get a job working for the armored vehicle company Loomis. He’d drive around with untold fortunes in the back, refilling casino ATMs. Enter Roberto’s boyfriend Heather Tallchief. She got in the truck and stole it from the Circus Circus lot in 1993, getting away with three million dollars. They left the country never to be seen again. At least Roberto did. Heather returned in 2005, turned herself in to authorities and supposedly only saw a sliver of the fortune. Roberto on the other hand has yet to be found.

  • Bellagio "Biker Bandit" - $1,500,000

    This robbery had all the crazy twists and turns of a Hollywood movie. Back in 2010, a man parked his motorcycle at an entrance of the Bellagio. He walked in wearing his helmet, showed off his gun, and ran off with $1,500,000 worth of chips he swiped from a craps table. He got away on his bike. The guy was Anthony Michael Carleo, the son of a local judge! He’d stolen chips from the Suncoast just before that for $20,000. His lips got a little too loose and he was busted.

  • Stardust Sportsbook Heist - $500,000

    Another one of the rare “and he got away with it” stories. Back in 1992, a guy named Bill Brennan was in a trusted position at the now flattened Stardust. He was in charge of counting the money coming in at the sportsbook. He was looking at a cool half a million bucks. So what’d Bill do? He took those bills and just walked out. Poof. Vanished. He was on the FBI Most Wanted list for a while, but he never turned up, and when the Stardust vanished, so did his case.

  • Stardust Smoke Bomb Heist - $1,250,000

    It was an inside job. Back in 1992 (what was it with Stardust in 1992) a security guard tapped his kids to pretend to rob the place. They walked away with $150,000. Half a year later they were back at it, this time ransacking a security guard and walking away with a much larger purse: $1,100,000. They even used smoke bombs to disorient people and make their getaway. It was all fun and games until they were caught.

  • Bellagio Commando - $160,000

    A former commando in the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, Jose Vigoa walked into the Bellagio in 2000 on a string of crimes. He walked in wearing bulletproof gear, got a bag and stuffed it with casino chips totaling $160,000. He was captured shortly after the theft.

  • The Bad Cop At The Rio... And Red Rock... And Aliante - $90,000+

    There are many people you’d suspect for a casino robbery. A Las Vegas Metro officer is not one of them. But that’s exactly what happened about a year ago. Officer Caleb Rogers stole over $70,000 from the Red Rock in November 2021 brandishing his department-issued gun. A couple months later he hit the Aliante, stealing $11,500. Then a month after that, a robbery at the sportsbook at Rio. That was one stop too many. He was apprehended and is in custody.

  • Treasure Island Triple Dipper - $30,000

    Reginald Johnson is not a bright man. He walked into Treasure Island in July 2000 and robbed them. He did it again in October of 2000, shooting at guards while he did. The total take was around $30,000. But that wasn’t enough for Reginald. Nope. He decided to go for thirds. The same casino. Two months later. He got captured and pled guilty.

 

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