Casino City

[shpalmen 0]

Hi guys,

I'm attemping to create a casinò city, a new las vegas with more gambling and crime too maybe

I've a trouble I can't solve: after placing first casinò, in order to access the QG, I need to earn 50000 $ daily from gambling.. How can i????? my casinò is just next to Train station; there are buses and trams which connects it to city and those 3/4 big hotels I've there .. so ... where's my mistake?  

 

help pls

thanks guys!

[rweather5 22]

First of all, this is in the wrong place.

 

In my city, I get a lot of tourists from an airport.  Also, having an event at your expo center will bring in many tourists.

[Digma 1]

What is your city's population and how many people are living in your region? People don't just appear out of thin air.

 

I had 3 cities in one game, with 60K, 30K and 10K population. at the 10K one I added a gambling house with just lodging, later on when it turned profitable, I added another gambling house, with a comedy house and 1 low wealth and 1 medium wealth gambling building. Then I put a ferry next to it, had local and regional mass transit (busses) running and then had it run. It takes time, but you need fullfill population and transportation (at both ends! added a ferry at the 60K one as well) requirements in order to bring people in, who can turn your place into something profitable.

[mazeroni 3]

I'm told it helps to have a populated R$$ & R$$$ region before building a casino city. I just reached 100K population in my region and am about to gift $1M into developing a casino city if I can get the server to agree.

[shpalmen 0]

so that could be the trouble.. I got main city in region, 80k citizens shile others are less than 10k.. Maybe I have just to wait the others to growth.. I will let you know about it..

 

thanks guys!

[loerelau 5]

One casino is (afaik) not enough; I had to build two of them to get a daily income of 50k.

[McLaren3465 0]

One casino is (afaik) not enough; I had to build two of them to get a daily income of 50k.

 

Same here. I built 2 low end casinos to get the HQ. I then demoed them, built one SciFi casino and some Landmark buildings + expo center. All of them are in close proximity with a train station, ferry/cruise ship terminal and bus terminal and it is working out so far. May expand to a high wealth casino once the region population increase or I can get an airport in the great works. 

[bokrif 18]

I have a SciFi casino in my 140,000 population city (the region itself is around 300-400 thousand) but I can't get the casino to be profitable. I have two small casinos too but only one of them is profitable (24k daily) and I have to shut down the other smaller one. Traffic is great I have 1 train station not so far, 1 ferry on the other end of the city and airport in the middle. Public transport is upgraded too. Numerous buses and a working tram system which connects the casino and all the other transportition. Also I have a Washington Monument right in front of the casino and it is profitable too.

So what do you think the problem is?

[RubinoCE 1]

Hi guys,

I'm attemping to create a casinò city, a new las vegas with more gambling and crime too maybe

I've a trouble I can't solve: after placing first casinò, in order to access the QG, I need to earn 50000 $ daily from gambling.. How can i????? my casinò is just next to Train station; there are buses and trams which connects it to city and those 3/4 big hotels I've there .. so ... where's my mistake?

 

help pls

thanks guys!

Do they mean $50000 for just one casino?  I don't think so.  Its a grand total for all the casinos.  Plop more than one casino.

[JeffCraig 3]

I have a SciFi casino in my 140,000 population city (the region itself is around 300-400 thousand) but I can't get the casino to be profitable. I have two small casinos too but only one of them is profitable (24k daily) and I have to shut down the other smaller one. Traffic is great I have 1 train station not so far, 1 ferry on the other end of the city and airport in the middle. Public transport is upgraded too. Numerous buses and a working tram system which connects the casino and all the other transportition. Also I have a Washington Monument right in front of the casino and it is profitable too.

So what do you think the problem is?

 

I've been trying to get my casino city to work for while and I've learned a few things:

 

Location is key.

 

Ferry's and Airports bring in all your high wealth tourists, as well as some medium wealth ones. Trains and Buses bring in the medium and low wealth. You need to position your casinos near the right kind of transit in order to make them the most profitable. 

 

And you need hotels of each wealth type for your tourists to stay in. They should be located in the same area as your casinos and transit centers. Once you've modded up your casinos enough, the hotels may not be as big of an issue, but it's better to be on the safe side and have extra room. I hate seeing Sims leaving because they 'can't find a hotel'. 

 

Then you need to start some events in your city to pull a bunch of tourists in. I am using the Globe Theater instead of the Expo Center right now, because space is very restricted on the map I am using. The expo allows you to create larger events, but the Globe Theater does a good enough job for me atm. Events appear to be the real trick with tourism in this game. You'll see the number of tourists in your city bounce way up in the hours preceding and event.

 

Just make sure you have enough hotels nearby, to scoop up all the tourists as they leave the event.

 

I'm not sure how much landmarks help. I know they can generate a small amount of money, but I don't know how many new tourists visit because of them. I haven't seen them make a very big impact. There are 3 or 4 landmarks that allow you to hold events: the Globe Theater, the Sydney Opera House, and one other opera house I can't remember the name of. All of them are huge, except for the Globe Theater, so I suggest starting with that before you bulldoze half your city down for an Expo Center or Stadium.

 

 

Other than that... just keep an eye on your transit types. They show you how many low, med, and high wealth tourists they bring in a day. And watch your building placement. A high-wealth casino doesn't run well if your airport or ferry dock is on the other side of the city.

 

Tourism is really one of the more challenging things in SimCity... at least for me; but it should be pretty profitable if you can get it working right.

[bokrif 18]

Then you need to start some events in your city to pull a bunch of tourists in. I am using the Globe Theater instead of the Expo Center right now, because space is very restricted on the map I am using.

Thanks for the tips. I didn't know you can host events in those landmarks you mentioned. Cool! So much little hidden feature in the game.