![]() Ten years later, on March 16, 1867, Charleston was reincorporated as the City of Lake Charles. The town was first incorporated in 1857 as Charleston, after an early settler, Charles Sallier. There are also urban tales he had planned to name the settlement Nouveau Cadix (New Cádiz)", after the city in Spain, but this is uncertain. Eliche had also founded other outposts and towns in Louisiana prior, most notably Marksville, which is named after him. Long before incorporation and even before the Louisiana Purchase, other names for Lake Charles were Porte du Lafitte (Port of Jean Lafitte) or Rivière Lafitte (River Lafitte/Lafitte's River), among many other names now lost. He had arrived in Louisiana after hitchhiking and was invited onto a Spanish vessel due to his determination and loyalty to volunteer and work freely for the Spanish Empire. He was a Sephardic Jewish trader of either Basque-Spanish or Venetian-Italian origins. Lake Charles was founded by merchant and tradesman Marco Eliche (or Marco de Élitxe) as an outpost. On March 7, 1861, Lake Charles was incorporated as the town of Charleston, Louisiana. H20 Pool & Ultra Lounge will open soon.Main article: History of Lake Charles, Louisiana Ryan Street in Lake Charles, 1903 Downtown Lake Charles, c. ![]() Nightlife: Blue Martini club, 24-hour Rush Lounge, Ice Bar, Bar 46 poker bar. Restaurants: Vic & Anthony’s, Grotto Italian Ristorante, Lillie’s Asian Cuisine, Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar, Landry’s Seafood House, The Buffet. The Golden Nugget, 2550 Golden Nugget Blvd., Lake Charles, La. Helen Anders is an Austin freelance writer. The rivals have already decided synergy is the way to go, and both a walkway and a tram link the two. L’Auberge, which recently upped its ante with a $20 million renovation, reads more country club (for example, the casino is enclosed) than Vegas. Lake Charles already had a luxury resort, 10-year-old L’Auberge, within spitting distance of the Nugget. Room rates so far have varied from nearly $500 opening weekends to $129 on Sunday through Thursday this past week (plus a $4.50 daily resort fee for Wi-Fi, pools and the fitness center). Extended king rooms’ baths are separated from the sleeping area by a curtain that pushes aside and -voilà - it’s all (except for the toilet) in one room. The eye-popper is the elliptical tub, designed specially for this hotel. The big bathroom has a granite double vanity and separate shower and tub. What you’ll notice first in the 740 luxurious, contemporary rooms is that each includes a little table enclosed by two bench seats - a cute little booth to make room service feel restaurantish. (They and the golf course are still under construction.) Another bar within the casino, Rush, featuring both live music and deejays, stays open 24 hours. By spring, there will be two more outdoors.įour bars include the high-energy dance club Blue Martini - dance clubs are staples at high-end Vegas resorts - and a fifth, the pool party scene H2O, will open soon when the pools do. There are seven Landry’s restaurants, including the high-end Vic & Anthony’s, plus a buffet. When you walk into the Nugget, the casino - open, not tucked behind a wall - lies in front of you, its jingles mingling with rock music beneath a huge red, white and amber chandelier. “There’s nothing like this outside of Vegas and Atlantic City,” says general manager Mike Kelly. The staff constantly asks if you need anything. This $700 million resort is a slice of Vegas, offering luxurious rooms, a spa, a fitness center, a golf course, tennis courts, shopping, ballrooms, a Vegas-style dance club, a marina, a beach and pools with a lazy river and slides. The resort’s just three hours east of Houston, but it’s five hours from Dallas, so why should North Texans go there when they can reach Oklahoma’s tribal casinos in less than two hours and Shreveport-Bossier’s gambling spots in about three?īecause the Nugget is, in a word, fancier. And they’re coming - locals, for sure, but also throngs from Texas. Tilman Fertitta, owner of the Landry’s restaurant empire, built it. Blackjack and baccarat tables were busy, too, and table waits at the resort’s seven restaurants were more than two hours at one point as cars snaked in from Loop 210 in a long line reminiscent of the movie Field of Dreams. There wasn’t a vacant seat in the six-table poker room and only a smattering of vacancies at the 1,600 slots. ![]() On both nights of opening weekend earlier this month, it was packed. LAKE CHARLES, La. - The new Lake Charles Golden Nugget casino resort has the biggest porte-cochère in Louisiana, capable of corralling 100 cars.
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