Casinos in Reno, NV. The original Bordertown Casino opened in 2005 and closed in 2013 with the opening of the new Indigo Sky Casino and Hotel a mile away. The new, renovated Bordertown Casino & Arena opened in April 2015. It features a country-western theme and is located off U.S. 60 near the Oklahoma-Missouri border. Click For Practice Play. The 2020 Bordertown BBQ Brawl is in the books. Congratulations again to Jaybirds BBQ with 1st place in the Friday night Rib Throwdown and to the main events Grand Champion Bad Habit BBQ and Reserve Grand Champion Tire Smoke BBQ.
The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is closing the Bordertown Casino. (Image: KOAM News) News of the closure represents the latest and perhaps final chapter in what has been a volatile history. For family-friendly entertainment, head over to the indoor arena for a variety of exciting rodeo and show events that will have you on the edge of your seat. Watch tough cowboys ride writhing bulls for an affordable evening of great entertainment. There's something for everyone at Bordertown Casino.
ABBI to Sanction All 2017 Bordertown Casino and Arena Events
Estimated $1.6 Million to be Paid Out
PUEBLO, Colo. (June 20, 2016)-American Bucking Bull Inc. (ABBI) announced today that all 2017 Bordertown events will be ABBI sanctioned. ABBI members will now have the option of having their registered animals event earnings and points earned at Bordertown count toward the year-end standings and ABBI World Finals qualification. With an estimated $1.6 million payout at these events, there is the potential for many bucking bulls to earn a coveted spot at the ABBI Finals.
'Bordertown is the perfect facility for events,' stated ABBI Executive Director Jay Daugherty. 'It has a permanent indoor arena, ideally suited for bucking bulls, as well as a professional team in place well-versed in producing bucking bull events.'
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'Bordertown Casino and Arena will be in an exclusive partnership with ABBI in 2017,' said Rick Smith, General Manager of all Gaming Operations for the Eastern Shawnee Tribe, Indigo Sky/Bordertown/Outpost. 'We will still have 100% payback like we have always done, as well as added money. We will have our same staff in place that can handle all of the stock contractors' needs, including hotel accommodations.'
Contractors may pay an extra $50 (which Bordertown will send to ABBI) if they'd like their animal's earnings/points to count toward ABBI standings. Not only do earnings/points qualify animals for Las Vegas, they also are the deciding factor in who takes home the valuable regular season year-end prizes and money. There will be an estimated 40 events sanctioned at Bordertown.
'Being able to add this many more events to our schedule is of great benefit to our members. It's location (on the border of Missouri and Oklahoma) is ideal and, with these events at Bordertown paying out an estimated $1.6 million, it will make it much easier for many of our members to compete and qualify for World Finals,' said Daugherty. 'Our members enjoy bucking bulls at Bordertown, so it only make sense to provide a path for them to qualify for Finals and move-up in our standings through these events.'
If you love crime dramas, I think I just found your new obsession on Netflix. Bordertown premiered on the streaming platform on Friday, March 31, and there's definitely more to this series than meets the eye. One viewing of this acclaimed Finnish TV show, and I have a feeling you'll be wondering if Bordertown is based on a true story too, just like the many crime dramas that have come before it.
Bordertown doesn't appear to be rooted in any real-life events. The website of its Finnish production company, Fisher King Production (it was also produced by the Paris-based Federation Entertainment), describes the series s a 'Scandinavian crime fiction' that 'combines family drama with police procedural in a uniquely exotic setting.' So it would appear that there's not too much that's founded in fact in Bordertown.
But Bordertown is certainly no fantasy. This dark and gritty series follows a respected chief investigator, Kari Sorjonen (Ville Virtanen) as he moves from Helsinki to a small town on the border of Finland and Russia. He's hoping to enjoy a simpler, slower pace of life with his wife and teenage daughter, but he soon finds that he has to investigate a string of murders that are not only connected to one another but also to his family. So yeah, let's just say that Kari finds himself living the exact life he tried to escape.
The small border town that serves as the setting of the series is called Lappeenranta, and it does really exist. Fisher King producer Matti Halonen told Drama Quarterly that they chose that town because of the interaction between the Finnish residents and the Russian tourists that come across Finland's eastern border. 'It felt for us that when we started to create the show, it was a natural place for it to be set,' he explained. 'It's the border of the Western world and Europe with Russia and the East – two different cultures, two different economies. It's full of drama!'
And 'full of drama' Bordertown will be as the latest in a long line of movies, TV shows, and books that fall under what's come to be known as the Scandinavian noir or Nordic noir genre. So if you enjoy Bordertown, you might want to check out some of its famous predecessors, including Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy of books and films (there are Swedish and American versions) and The Killing, which is based on the Danish series Forbrydelsen. Like Bordertown, both the Millennium trilogy and The Killing deal with murder investigations and family drama. Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander detective book series is another example of Scandinavian noir that has been adapted for the screen in the form of a Swedish and a British TV series, both of which are available to stream on Netflix.
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But to Pascal Breton, the founder and CEO of Federation Entertainment, Bordertown gives off some American-made noir vibes. ''Bordertown' reminds me of Twin Peaks,' he told Variety, referencing David Lynch's iconic TV series. 'Every scene is real but a little weird; Every character is real but a little weird.'
What all of this sounds like to me is that Bordertown is just something you're going to have to experience for yourself.
