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Bally’s Atlantic City Casino Secret Elevator

Behind the main cashier’s cage at Bally’s Atlantic City is a hallway that leads to some public restrooms and private service areas. This elevator is located near those bathrooms at the end of the hall. Although it was accessible to the public, it seemed to be primarily used by casino employees. However, it only serves the 1st, 2nd, and 6th floors, skipping the 4th floor which has executive offices. When we went for a ride, there was a casino employee wearing a suit in the elevator. We had a brief conversation about the building’s elevators, but due to general sensitivity about recording devices inside casinos, I did not get to give the elevator the attention it deserved. The casino employee called this the “secret” elevator, so we couldn’t help but do the same.

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Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City Parking Garage Beltovator

Hidden behind a door with an “authorized personnel only” sign in the Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City parking garage, protected only by a simplex lock, is an old-fashioned manlift (also known as a beltovator). These types of personnel lifts are extremely dangerous, and unlike a paternoster, it is possible for a passenger to be severely injured if they do not step off at the top or bottom of the hoistway. It is also a very unusual place to have a beltovator because the passenger elevator bank is adjacent to this. It did not seem to be used frequently, if at all, and remained in the same position for the entire 3-day duration of my most recent visit.

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Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City Casino Escalator

One unusual feature of the Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City is the inaccessibility of the parking garage fly-bridge. This escalator is the route most hotel guests will take – unless they use valet parking. Although the parking garage has an elevator serving all six floors, the fly-bridge on the 2nd floor that connects the parking garage to the main building (and casino) are accessible only by a short run of stairs and a narrow escalator to the main casino floor. The handicap accessible route is to take the parking garage elevator to the ground floor (requiring handicapped patrons to actually leave the enclosed building and cross the street). This also presents an unusual level of luggage and strollers being taken on this escalator, despite its extremely narrow profile. On a previous trip, I watched as a woman with a stroller nearly lost control and dropped her child. Certainly this is an area for improvement for accessibility of Harrah’s Resort.

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Bally’s Atlantic City Casino Floor Main Elevator

Taking a ride on one of three main passenger elevators that link the casino floor (2nd floor) at Bally’s Atlantic City with the street level (1st floor), executive offices (4th floor), and the restaurants, exhibition spaces, and poker room on the 6th floor.

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Cosmopolitan Casino Floor Glass Elevator

This elevator was found on the casino floor of the Cosmopolitan casino in Las Vegas, NV. A glass cab enclosure provides a birds eye view of the casino floor as the elevator is ascended by its hybrid roped hydraulic machine. The Cosmopolitan is the newest casino on the strip, opening for the first time in December of 2010, and the architecture reflects this.

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