The new owners of the old Ground Round location in Sioux Falls will be calling their bar, “The 18th Amendment”
Clever. A lot more clever then the ‘Lie-brary’ which they also own.
The new owners of the old Ground Round location in Sioux Falls will be calling their bar, “The 18th Amendment”
Clever. A lot more clever then the ‘Lie-brary’ which they also own.
Trust me, the owners of this place own other joints in town, like the Lie-brary, Tinners, and several other places in Sioux Falls. They are not multimillionaires from selling watered down booze and grease bombs. They made it the ol fashioned way.
http://lottery.sd.gov/documents/odds_brochure110.pdf
Oh, I know who they are.
What’s even the story behind the name “Lie Brary”
Don’t quote me on this, but I think the location or the building used to be a public library, or they tried to buy a library, not sure.
The thing that disappoints me the most about the place is that they don’t have books. I think it would be cool if it looked like an actual library.
I suspect but do not know for a fact, that it’s a concern over “copyright” or “registered name”. My cousin frequented “The Library” when in college. It took my Aunt a few semesters to catch on.
A lot of college towns have bars named something similar, and it is usually just a clever pun so students can say they are going to the Library… and everyone sort of knows what they mean.
However there was never an actual library at that site – or anything for that matter. They just used a common theme found in countless college towns across America and then added some special characters to try and sell the idea as unique.
Say what you will, but I’ve been by that place on the weekends and see a line of 20 or 30 people outside waiting to get in, so they must be doing something right.
A lot of college towns have bars named something similar, and it is usually just a clever pun so students can say they are going to the Library… and everyone sort of knows what they mean
There’s a bar in DT Milwaukee called The Office. It serves the same purpose, but actually has kind of an office theme.
Damn I love that town.
‘The 18th Amendment’ is a good name. I’m wondering what the abreviated slang will be. Meet me at the ‘Mend’ or ‘teenth’?
The location and floor plan should make it a very popular place.
Another thing: Why the hell did they name it “The 18th amendment” and not the 19th? Seems like that would have made more sense.
I also wonder how many reverse ATMs they’ll have in some room in the back.
“A lot of college towns have bars named something similar, and it is usually just a clever pun so students can say they are going to the Library… and everyone sort of knows what they mean.”
Great idea if the bar was near one of the colleges…makes no sense when it’s in the far SW corner of town.
I also wonder how many reverse ATMs they’ll have in some room in the back.
Video Lottery and everything about it is shrouded in secrecy. WHY? Because it is a multimillion dollar a year industry that ruins thousands of SD families. In 2005 it was a 220 million dollar industry. I suspect it is much more now. The 18th will have the maximum number of machines available which I believe is ten. As of 2006 the state had over 1400 of these machines that seperate users from their paychecks. Most are owned by a couple dozen LLC’s like the owners of the 18th.
Gut bombs and watered down alcohol are loss leaders for places like the lie’brary. IF you have no gambling addiction, AND you don’t mind greasy food and cheap booze, then by all means, line up to get in.
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090417/FRONTPAGECAROUSEL/104170006/State-secret-Who-owns-video-lottery-
http://www.keno.cd/south-dakotas-video-lottery-addiction-11192006.html
I’m sure it’ll have a casino lottery machines area. They’ll have 10 (max allowed per establishment). I’ll go for the food and beverage. I’d go more often if they’d pass on the casino thing.
Had a guy the other night walking around our restaurant looking for something, and I asked him, “Are you looking for the restroom?” and he said, “No. I see you have a bar but no machines.”
Unfckbvble!
Whether it be a dice game in Queens, a Blackjack game in Jersey, the ponies in Kentucky, a game in Vegas, slots in Atlantic City, or online gaming across the nation… people will find a way to gamble. Video lottery is no different and it comes down to a personal choice.
If you ban video lottery, people will seek their fix at the nearest Indian Casino or if the drive is too far for them they will just log on to the nearest laptop and enter a blackjack or poker website.
So what – people spend their money in stupid ways and on stupid things, but that is their right. Who am I to say how or where they should spend their money?
Don’t care if people gamble. I love playing blackjack at casinos. What I don’t like is a freaking telephone booth casino on every street corner that gets robbed every other day because the state is not smart enough to setup safety precautions (like ticket ATM’s, etc.). While I disagreed with Quen Be De Knudson on most everything, I do agree with her on one issue, “We need to limit those junky casinos.”
But therein lies the problem. How do you limit something that the public seems to want? If you allow only a handful of business owners the right to have those machines, you are eliminating competition and then a handful of guys get rich while nobody else gets a chance to get in the game.
I’m not a big fan of those dive casinos either, but I realize if they were being patronized they wouldn’t exist, so I can’t hardly chastise them for offering a product or service that customers want.
If our state would just legalize “real” gambling statewide instead of just having special rules for Deadwood those smoke filled telephone booth casinos would most likely no longer exist as larger full service gaming operations replace them.
Of course that would also result in business at places like Flandreau dropping by about 90%… which probably isn’t a bad thing.
Just look at Sioux City – you have one nice boat that is well maintained and well managed. Would you rather have something like that here or deal with 230 video lottery establishments across the city?
Seems like a no-brainer to me, but since our state is so fearful of harming Deadwood (for what reason I cannot say) we are stuck with what we have.
You guys are idiots. I gamble occasionally. I also drink to excess…once again occasionally. I also have a good amount of money in the bank that I don’t feel obligated to dump into a machine that I know has an advantage over me. The fact that these people get “separated” from their paychecks is because they have no self control. Therefore, in my opinion of course, they deserve to lose their money. And don’t think for a second that this state could survive without the revenue from video lottery. It literally pays for almost all of the roads that you and I drive on every day. So next time you curse out that pothole, think about how much worse it would be without video lottery. The thought that comes to my mind is Eastern Europe.
You all are all idiots… the Liebrary was never a library and has nothing to do with a typical library. There are famous ‘lies’ on the walls like “I did not inhale ” Bill Clinton and “My dog ate my homework” etc.. hence the name The Lie-brary…