On June 6, 2012, Live Casino debuted in Hanover with champagne, hors d’oeuvres, cigar rollers and other Las Vegas-style revelry.
Wednesday — exactly six years later — the neighboring Live Hotel, expected to further boost the casino’s fortunes, officially opened its doors to the public.
This opening was decidedly more demure, though no less important to Live developer Cordish Cos.’s game plan to cement its spot among Maryland’s highest-earning casinos. A more festive grand opening celebration next month will feature entertainment and a red carpet with celebrity guests.
“It isn’t often you get to open a glorious hotel on your sixth birthday,” Cordish Cos. CEO David Cordish said Wednesday. “When we do business, we’ve learned the only way to do it is to constantly reinvest and to connect with your loyal customers and see what they want… When we opened (the casino) and started interacting with our guests, one of the things they told us was they’d like a world-class luxury hotel.”
The resulting 350,000-square-foot Live Hotel offers 310 guest rooms, a concert venue, two restaurants and a spa and fitness center. The $200 million property is the tallest building in Anne Arundel County at 17 stories high. While some of the upper-level luxury suites aren’t open yet, all of the available rooms have been rented out for the hotel’s first official night, a Cordish spokeswoman said.
