FireKeepers Casino: Scorching gaming and more
Opened in 2009, FireKeepers Casino provides the latest slot and video games, a live poker room and a table game aimed at every taste. The 236,000-square-foot casino, one of 20 Indian casinos in Michigan, attracts players from across the Midwest to its fiery games.
Owned by Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi Indian Tribe, the casino is just off of Interstate 94, putting it less than two hours from Detroit and just at three hours from Chicago. FireKeepers boasts 2,680 state-of-the art slot machines and 76 table games — including blackjack, roulette, craps, Big Six and baccarat — on the 107,000-square-foot gaming floor.
Or try the Bingo Room, which has a guaranteed $6,500 prize board for each session. Cash prizes, exclusive giveaways and member benefits keep players coming back on the five days that FireKeepers features bingo. Bingo games are Sunday through Wednesday and Saturday. Check here for session times.
FireKeepers’ scorching entertainment isn’t limited to the casino floor! Kabaret, a bar, features live entertainment every night. Check the Kabaret’s Calendar for upcoming acts. At Dacey’s Sports Bar, with its 150 seats, 14 large-screen TVs and a notable selection of micro-brews, you’ll find the perfect spot to catch the big game, NASCAR race or other sporting event.
At any hour, day or night, you can satisfy that hunger, whether it’s a hunger for excitement or good eating. FireKeepers has five restaurants, ranging from Nibi, an upscale eatery where guests can enjoy a wide selection of innovative appetizers, succulent seafood and meats and distinctive desserts in an intimate setting, to Café 24/7, which provides sandwiches, hearty soups and other comfort food just steps from the casino floor. At Nibi, reservations are recommended; call (269) 660–5665 to reserve your table. You can check out all of FireKeepers’ restaurants — including, in some cases, menus — here.
Before heading home, why not pick up a souvenir at the Trader’s Blanket, FireKeepers’ gift shop? In addition to mementos of your stay at the casino, such as jewelry, greeting cards and logo clothing and other items, the Trader’s Blanket stocks a variety of specialty Native American merchandise. You can also buy gift cards here, beginning at the $10 level.
FireKeepers is more than prepared for Michigan’s fierce winters: Of its 3,000 parking spaces, 2,080 of them reside in a covered garage.
Buses head to FireKeepers from across Michigan — Saginaw, Flint, East and West Lansing, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Cedar Springs and Muskegon — as well as Fort Wayne, Ind., and Gary, Ind., and Muskegon. Click here for dates and locales.
Like other Indian casinos and the three Detroit casinos, Michigan’s newly enacted no-smoking law does not apply at FireKeepers.
Posted by Ivonne Rovira
