Johnny Walker, Muckleshoot’s executive director of gaming, said they bought the sculpture from Las Vegas businessman Don Ahern, who purchased the shuttered Lucky Dragon last year and renamed it Ahern Hotel. But the resort flamed out fast, and now Muckleshoot bosses hope the dragon will boost the casino’s popularity with its own Asian gamblers. The Lucky Dragon’s former centerpiece was supposed to bring “luck and good fortune” to its guests, a news release once touted, and was suspended above the casino floor. Muckleshoot Indian Casino bought the one-and-a-quarter-ton glass dragon sculpture last month and plans to install it in a new high-limit room this summer, representatives said.
(Muckleshoot Indian Casino)Ī casino outside Seattle that reopened Tuesday is set to feature a glitzy leftover from a failed Las Vegas resort: the Lucky Dragon’s dragon. Muckleshoot Indian Casino in Auburn, Washington, seen here, has purchased the glass dragon chandelier that used to be inside the former Lucky Dragon in Las Vegas.
