Las Vegas-style resort opens in Cripple Creek
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Chamonix Casino Hotel, a new resort in Cripple Creek owned by Bronco Billy’s parent company Full House Resorts, opened its casino and 300-room hotel Tuesday.
The hotel project, which Full House Resorts CEO Daniel Lee said cost approximately $300 million to build, will continue to be worked on during the next several months due to construction delays Lee attributed to ongoing labor shortages and a limited pool of skilled craftsmen.
“We had to make the decision to open in stages,” Lee said.
While the hotel’s lodging, casino gaming and potions of parking opened Tuesday, Chamonix’s spa/pool amenities, jewelry store and restaurants will not be available to guests initially.
Construction crews and craftsmen that finished working on the lodging and casino portions of the resort and will move on to the hotel’s restaurant, set to open Feb. 1 and the casino’s jewelry store later that month, Lee said. Crews will finish construction of the resort’s spa and pool area in April.
By then, Lee said he intends to have 500 employees hired at Chamonix and is continuing to try and find more workers, 350 of whom he said are already employed.
Branded as a luxury hotel, Lee said he intends to draw clientele who would frequent high-end Las Vegas resorts from Colorado Springs, Denver and beyond.
“It’s as nice as anything in Las Vegas,” Lee said.
State and local legislation passed in 2020 paved the way for Chamonix’s high-dollar development by eliminating Cripple Creek’s casino betting limits, making the area appealing for investors.
That’s why Lee forged ahead to build Chamonix, whose brick architecture is designed to blend into Cripple Creek’s historic mining district while boasting features such as 4-foot-tall, double-sided fireplaces and two-person sized bathtubs.
In addition to the adrenaline-filled casino and luxurious hotel offerings, Lee hopes to draw business as a conference venue with the resort’s 5,100-square-foot ballroom and additional meeting spaces.
“The Broadmoor is a very big, high-end convention resort,” Lee said. “We don’t really compete with that, but we can complement it.”
Guests who stay at the resort prior to the hotel restaurants’ opening will be able to dine at a temporary bistro option set up in the hotel’s ballroom and meeting room areas.
