For the locals there is location, ease of parking, cheap food, headline entertainment, promotions targeted to specific days of the week, and activities for kids. The Orleans attracts locals from the west and southwest side of the valley.
There are several billboards advertising the Orleans on the drive from Los Angeles on I-15 that drives tourist traffic. It is about the same distance off the strip as the Palms or Rio. Tourists come because the Orleans is close to the strip (about a mile and there’s a shuttle), full featured and much cheaper. The Orleans has identity issues with its market niche, with three equally apparent personalities competing: a local’s casino, a general tourist casino, and an Asian destination casino. The Orleans’ “Mardi Gras” theme is half-hearted, especially compared to the Rio. The building façade gives the appearance of early 20-th century New Orleans and that theme caries to the interior with a faux French Quarter surrounding the main table game pit. It was remodeled twice and currently has 1,885 rooms. It opened in December, 1996 in the middle of the Las Vegas building boom of the 1990’s.
The Orleans Hotel and Casino is owned by Boyd Gaming Corporation.
