Seminole Hard Rock Casino 1st Anniversary

As an interesting follow-up to the previous key I mentioned here, I finally found a key I've been trying to locate. The Seminole Hard Rock Casino "Celebrate Our 1st Anniversary in Style!" key pictured below lists first anniversary dates of March 11, 2005 for the Tampa location and May 11, 2005 for the Hollywood location. It's always great to see chips pictured on a room key.

Floyd's Delicious Nightlife - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa, FL

If you're looking for a bright key to add to your collection, this might be the one. The scan doesn't do it justice. This key really stands out in a group...then again, when it comes to keys from the various Hard Rock casinos, I don't expect them to be subtle.

Binder page "lifters"

I'm not sure why I didn't check this out when I was buying pages from Costco (still a great deal) but they also offer in their online business section Avery "Triangle Sheet Lifters" -- these things are fantastic as they are large and work very well with card pages. The smaller ones (not triangular and much more narrow) can sometimes "catch" the pages. At $1.11 each including s&h, I'm ordering more for all of the binders I have that need larger page lifters.

Borgata - The Water Club

I wonder how many different colors of this key from Borgata exist? I have these two in my collection. Anyone have any others?

Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas

Caesars and MasterCard must have realized that you can never go wrong by designing a key with the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign as a key element.

Considering that the design of the sign was never copyrighted, I'm surprised we haven't seen it on a LOT more keys.

The Signature at MGM Grand VIP

It's interesting that The Signature at MGM Grand chose to use a different typestyle for the VIP lettering than that used by the MGM Grand.

The rest of the key is very similar to the usual MGM Grand VIP keys.

Rio Pure Romance - Simply the Best

Maybe I'm a sucker for simple, clean room key designs or maybe the "Simply the Best" wording is having a subliminal effect on me, but I'm thinking this key would make a good nominee for CC & GTCC room key of the year.

Imperial Palace (Biloxi) Infusion

I sure do prefer the Infusion Coffee Bar key that has the IP logo added to the background over the (I believe) older Imperial Palace key without the logo and arrows.

Venetian Paiza Variations

It seems a few people haven't noticed this Venetian key variation yet. In addition to the wording differences at the bottom on the front, the print on the back also has some differences (otherwise the fronts are the same, even though the scan doesn't make it look that way due to difficulties scanning reflective foil surfaces).

Pioneer - Laughlin, NV

Getting this room key from the kind folks at the Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada made up for the shock of watching $20 in nickels fall out of a machine I was playing (guess I have to watch more closely to make sure a casino has TITO machines before cashing out)

Binder Pages for Room Keys

I'm not sure where the rest of you are getting binder pages for your room keys (or what pages you're using), but my supply of pages left over from the good old phonecard days are starting to run out and I thought I'd check around to see what's available. The Avery business card pages seem good (and popular with collectors from what I've seen).

A little searching turned up the pages at Costco.com at $1.53 for a package of 10 pages (with free shipping) plus tax. Seems like a pretty good deal for Costco members.

Room Key Guide - Second Edition Available

The second edition of my Casino Room Key Card Catalog/Checklist is now available at www.roomkeyguide.com (or click the link at the left). The introduction to the guide explains the reasons behind this release coming so soon after the first edition.

Those who purchased the printed copy of the first edition should have received an email from me earlier this evening. If you did not receive this email, please contact me.

Please note - the second edition is available for purchase and, like the first edition, is also available for downloading. Please check the website for additional information.

Have fun chasing those keys and I hope to see all of you at the convention later this month.

Planet Hollywood David Spade Update

A "May 24 & 25" variation of the Planet Hollywood David Spade key also exists.

Planet Hollywood David Spade Variations

Here are three variations of the PH David Spade key -- Feb 15 & 16, 2008 -- March 14 & 15, 2008 -- and April 11 & 12 (click on the image for a clearer picture). Are there others out there? If you've seen another variety, please let me know. The three keys have a common back with the (I) manufacturers mark.

Tachi Palace, Lemoore, CA

Made a quick trip to the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, Calif. today. Some road construction made the trip a little longer than planned, but picking up the room key pictured above (and a stop at Starbucks in Kettleman City) made the trip a success.