Long live The Riviera Casino (1 Viewer)

[ovo]

Well,

I wasn't even aware the Riviera was closing or I might have attempted to get more chips. Now the prices are ass crazy, but they will come down again. I started buying in January of 2008. The .50, 1's and 2's were semi-easy to get, but now I wish I got more 2's. The 5's were a slow building process. Anyway, I lost my prime 50mm lens , so the pics are not that great, but I need to put them down in history. Dealer button was J5 and Chipshippie

 

[RagsPoker]

great lookin' set Frank....were all of those chips live up until the closing?

 

[RowdyRawhide]

That set is beautiful. I have been toying with the idea of trying to get a couple hundred of those $1's for a mixed set. I think they are awesome.

 

[JFCJ]

Very sweet!

 

[ovo]

great lookin' set Frank....were all of those chips live up until the closing?

Hey Doug, ( the man I bought the 50 centers from to start the whole process) .
I know they had a newer 5, so not sure if they were using the old 5's too. I doubt they were using 50cent, but others were live

 

[ovo]

That set is beautiful. I have been toying with the idea of trying to get a couple hundred of those $1's for a mixed set. I think they are awesome.

the dollars are very beautiful in person. I saw a rack for sale on eBay for 229

 

[Don Clay]

Another amazing set you got there.
Your pictures are superb, even without the lens you mention.
I like all the chips of this Casino, in particular the $ 5
Thanks for sharing

(Are the chips on top roulette chips ? Edit, prOn seen on my laptop, I got my answer)

 

[Poker Zombie]

I love large collections of live chips, even if the Riviera is now dead. Those inlays weren't ever going to win a beauty contest, making this collection even less likely.

Great set!

 

[Racer96]

The 50c chips were live a couple of years ago anyways. I snagged a barrel or so when I visited.

Nice work on all the vegas sets, ovo!

Mike

 

[ovo]

thanks for the kind words

 

[NiceShot]

Beautiful set! Thost edges look crispy too. The dark blue $2 chips with the gold host stamps look cool. Interesting light blue with the contrasting orange on those 1's.

 

[onerand]

Very nice

 

[ovo]

thought it was kind of fun to bump an old thread, I guess I need new pics. Riveria was one of the early sets I started to build.

 

[Marius L]

thought it was kind of fun to bump an old thread, I guess I need new pics. Riveria was one of the early sets I started to build.

Would love to see how the set has progressed!

 

[Mongoose]

@RivieraDanny

 

[ovo]

Would love to see how the set has progressed!

started building it in Jan 2008 when I bought a rack of .50 chips from @RagsPoker . I was just trying to put together a mixed Casino set, from vegas strip, with casinos that were around pre 70's, but each one of those casinos branched off into a set over the years. Then found a dealer that went to vegas to get racks and got two racks of dollars and a rack of 2's , some 5's , added 5's and other stuff from eBay over the years. Set is up over 2700 chips, so I guess I do need up to date pics, just no time to do it, but maybe when I retire.

 

[RivieraDanny]

Love it!!!

 

[Mongoose]

thought it was kind of fun to bump an old thread, I guess I need new pics. Riveria was one of the early sets I started to build.

Absolutely amazing @ovo! Vegas history