The World Series of Poker has announced a brand new multi-year care for King’s Casino Rozvadov if you want to see the WSOP Europe festival hosted within the Czech Republic in 2017 and 2019. This deal was announced because the WSOP Circuit prepares to kick off it’s second ever festival on the venue.

The King’s Casino Rozvadov is found near the German border within the Western Czech Republic and is home to 1 of the biggest poker room’s in Europe with over 150 tables. The venue is currently in the middle of an expansion, as a result of be completed by the beginning of the WSOP Europe in 2017, that will add much more poker tables in addition to a brand new hotel tower.

“We are honored to be holding such prestigious WSOP bracelet events," said King’s Casino’s Leon Tsoukernik. “By the time of the WSOPE next year people will discover an all-new version of the King’s Casino. Not just are we adding 1,800 square meters of Las Vegas-style casino space with 40 more poker tables, we're opening an ideal new hotel with 218 additional rooms. The primary three floors of the brand new building can be a four-star hotel while the fourth floor might be a five-star one with 18 luxury suites to deal with even essentially the most demanding of guests. The last floor of the brand new complex can be home to a fully-equipped wellness center with Jacuzzis, saunas, massage rooms and a fitness center.”

The deal between King’s Casino Rozvadov and the WSOP has many interesting stipulations, including that the WSOP Europe festivals in 2017 and 2019 will each have a minimum 10 gold bracelet events and €5,000,000 in prize pool guarantees), that
two WSOP Circuit events may be held once a year in Rozvadov in 2018 and 2020, and that
one WSOP Circuit event can be held every year to boot within the Spring in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

“I have really bought into Leon’s vision for making a poker-first destination in Central Europe,” said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. “The existing arrange already jogs my memory of the Amazon Room on the Rio and it’s only going to get bigger. When the brand new hotel and the renovations are complete, and considering the best way Leon and staff cater to poker players, that is going to be an excessively comfortable environment for a big festival similar to ours. With King’s backing large guarantees and media coverage, we believe we now have found a protracted term home for WSOPE to duplicate the dimensions we enjoy in Las Vegas.”

The press release from the WSOP at the deal also included mention of broad media coverage of the festivals, declaring that the WSOP Europe main events can be filmed for television in 2017 and 2019, while other events during each series will feature robust live update and live streaming coverage.

The final schedule for the 2017 WSOP Europe continues to be being worked on by the WSOP and King’s and can be announced once possible.

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