Monarch Casino Garage Demolition Fact Sheet

December 21, 2016

What’s happening?

Monarch Casino Black Hawk garage demolition makes room for world-class 23-story hotel and spa, part of a $400 million dollar, four-diamond resort development plan
The building is approximately 60 feet tall 5 stories
The parking garage was built in 1997

Black Hawk is transforming from a day-trip destination into a premiere resort town with year-round attractions like scenic hiking and biking trails and breweries. These new elements will give visitors more reasons to come and stay, along with the chance to win thousands from cutting-edge slot machines, the newest poker games, roulette, craps and blackjack tables.
Black Hawk and Central City casinos add nearly $99 million in gaming taxes to the state economy each year.
Black Hawk is only 40 miles from downtown Denver. It takes less than an hour to get there.

In April 2012, Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. acquire Riviera Black Hawk. Riviera Black Hawk Casino opened in 2000, and is the first casino encountered by visitors arriving from Denver on Highway 119.
It’s estimated that the new resort and spa will add an additional 1,000 new full time positions to the Black Hawk/Central City area.
Construction on the new hotel will start in 6 weeks.
The hotel will take 28 months to complete.
Colorado Casinos generate roughly $100 million in taxes for the state per year, the vast majority from Black Hawk but we know that more than $300 million in gaming revenues are going to other locations like Las Vegas. We want to keep more of that revenue in Colorado. It will translate into more jobs and more taxes helping all our gaming tax funding beneficiaries like the Community Colleges, History Colorado and the Colorado Tourism Office, to name a few.

Monarch Casino Black Hawk hired the world-renowned Mark Loizeaux of Controlled Demolition, Inc. to oversee the implosion. Loizeaux is a leading global expert in demolition whose family has been in the business more than six decades. Notable demolition projects they’ve managed include the iconic Dunes Casino and the Landmark Tower in Las Vegas.
Demolition entails:
- 303 pounds of explosives on 5 floors
- Explosives in 577 locations
- 4500 lineal feet of detonation cord
- 797 separate blasting caps
- Building is wrapped in Geotextile Fabric to reduce small particles from escaping into the creek or the air
Controlled Demolition, Inc. holds a safety meeting each morning to help protect workers, the public and the environment
Controlled Demolition, Inc. has imploded 8,000 structures around the world over 70 years.
It will take 10-15 seconds to implode the entire building.

Controlled Demolition, Inc. recommended that the garage be wrapped in Geotextile Fabric as an extra layer of protection for the buildings, neighbors and Clear Creek.
The Geotextile Wrap reduces small particles from escaping into the creek or the air
The implosion will create 18,000 tons of debris. 90% of the debris will be recycled and used for backfill material.

Monarch Casino Black Hawk auctioned off the ceremonial button push to kick off the garage implosion. The casino matched the $160 winning bid from Tony Carnesi, CEO of Keller Williams - DTC for a total donation of $320 to the Gilpin County Food Bank.