The national company behind gentlemen’s club Rick’s Cabaret plans to open a steakhouse and casino in downtown Central City after closing a $2.4 million cash deal on a building, but city ...

After gambling was legalized in Central City in the 1990s, it kept its character as a historic mining town -- even as massive casinos sprang up just across the city border in nearby Black Hawk.

BLACK HAWK, Colo. — Casinos in Black Hawk and Central City started to reopen Wednesday after being closed 12 weeks to slow the spread of COVID-19. At the Monarch Casino in Black Hawk ...