Delaware Park

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The most dramatic visual change involves the carpeting, going from mute and small florals to bold and large abstracts. The overall color scheme is lighter and brighter, the feeling more modern.

Other visual changes include whitewashed walls (instead of brick), gray columns (instead of dark oak), silvery ceiling tiles (instead of gray), sconces (instead of chandeliers), red and white chairs around the gaming tables (instead of black chairs) and rebranded felt for table games.

The work also includes infrastructure upgrades, such as updating the air conditioning; improving the electrical and data needs for what Heretakis called “the latest and greatest” in slots; and upgrading lighting, with LEDs that are crisper and cheaper to power.

Finishing touches include some elements that reflect Delaware Park’s history as a racetrack. He said that means light fixtures with horseshoes, art inspired by the the track and photos of horses.

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The work covers the casino’s first floor and in the future might hit the second, Oberle-Howard said.

Delaware Park has a complicated schedule, or, rather, schedules. The slots are the first floor are open 8 a.m. to 4 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, plus continuously from 8 a.m. Thursdays to 4 a.m. Mondays. Oberle-Howard said that staffing issues mean that the second floor has more

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