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Monarch Casino Black Hawk lightens carbon footprint with innovative environmental initiatives

Casino doubles down on helping the environment with changes from the parking garage to the gaming floor

Guests of Monarch Casino Black Hawk can enjoy their gaming visit even more knowing that changes in the casino’s operations are leading to lighter environmental impact. Some of the changes are noticeable to everyone, while others are happening behind the scenes.

Monarch Casino Black Hawk has switched to straws-on-request throughout its bars and buffet, instead of automatically including them with drinks. Monarch typically goes through 36,500 drink straws and stirrers per week or about 182,500 straws per month. Eventually, all plastic straws and stirrers will be replaced with paper and wood versions.

Guests may also notice the environmentally-friendly electric chargers available in the new, state-of-the-art parking garage. The Monarch garage features charging stations for electric vehicles: 5 Tesla charging stations and 2 universal charging stations that work with everything from Nissan to BMW.

Behind the scenes, Monarch’s environmental commitment includes offering team members real plates and silverware during their meal times to cut down on waste from paper plates, plastic cutlery, and disposable cups. In Monarch’s administrative offices, all shredded paper and cardboard is recycled.

“Not only is reducing our carbon footprint and becoming more environmentally friendly the right thing to do, it’s also good business,” says Craig Pleva, Monarch Casino’s general manager. “Our guests and team members have commented about how much they like the changes they’re seeing.”

Monarch is also building a new 23-story hotel and spa with new restaurants and meeting rooms, which will incorporate many environmentally friendly features like high-efficiency heating and cooling systems, hot water heaters, and plumbing fixtures, LED lighting systems and occupancy sensors that turn lights off when no one is in the room. The new hotel is scheduled to be complete in mid-2019. 

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About Monarch Casino Resort Spa

Overview

Monarch Casino Resort Spa is Colorado's premier gaming resort destination. Located only 45 minutes from downtown Denver at 488 Main Street in historic Black Hawk, Colorado, guests who choose to stay, play, and dine at Monarch's award-winning resort can expect the ultimate experience. In 2023, Newsweek readers voted Monarch Casino Resort Spa the 4th “Best Overall Casino Outside of Las Vegas.” Gaming: More than 60,000 square feet of wide-open, red-hot, no-limit gaming space houses 1050 electronic games, 43 table games (including baccarat), a poker room featuring 14 tables including, and a well-appointed self-serve beverage lounge. Dining: Award-winning, elevated dining options include the flagship Monarch Chophouse, Bistro Mariposa, Twenty-Four 7, Buffet, and Java Etc. Lodging: 516 mountain-modern luxury hotel rooms and suites can be found within Monarch's 23-story hotel tower. Spa Monarch: Recognized as a 2023 USA Today 10 Best Hotel Spa finalist, Spa Monarch is a full-service luxury spa available by appointment only. Parking: Monarch has a free enclosed 1,350-space parking garage (including EV chargers), which features hi-tech technology alerting people how many collective and individual spaces are available on each level.

About Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRI), was incorporated in 1993 and, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, owns and operates the four-diamond Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno, Nevada, and the Monarch Casino Black Hawk (formerly the Riviera Black Hawk Casino) in Black Hawk, Colorado, approximately 40 miles west of Denver. For additional information, visit MonarchBlackHawk.com.

Monarch Casino Resort Spa
488 Main Street
Black Hawk, CO 80422