Aliante Station Casino + Hotel is a $662 million resort located in North Las Vegas. Opened in November 2008, the hotel and casino boasts 202 guest rooms and suites, six restaurants and a food court, 14,000 square feet of meeting, banquet and convention space, Regal Cinemas’ 16-screen movie theatre, the 600-plus-seat Access Showroom entertainment concert venue, as well as an array of popular gaming choices, including traditional table games, a poker room, state-of-the-art race and sports book and slot machines.
Challenges:
Aliante Station recognized early on that wireless coverage was a must-have amenity for guests, and a critical part of ensuring safety in large facilities. Heavy construction materials used in most modern structures, including hotels, resorts and casinos, tend to prevent radio frequency (RF) signals from penetrating the building’s core and impede signal propagation, resulting in weak or non-existent signal coverage in some or all areas of a facility. While guests, staff and employees both expect and rely on a wide array of wireless services and applications, the hotel would not necessarily be able to support them without deploying the right infrastructure.
To address the problem, many facilities respond reactively, deploying multiple ad hoc systems to support cell phones, Wi-Fi, public safety radios, etc. This fragmented approach creates significant financial and operational inefficiencies. Installing new wireless systems on an “as-needed” basis is costly and highly disruptive to normal operations. In addition, in the absence of a well-coordinated installation plan, there is a strong possibility of generating interference among wireless systems, which can significantly degrade performance.
Solution:
To overcome these challenges and ensure reliable wireless coverage for a variety of wireless services and applications throughout the extensive hotel and casino, Aliante Station teamed up with Sprint and MobileAccess to roll out the comprehensive MobileAccess 2000 in-building wireless communications solution for its guests and employees.
