Casino of Cabourg, Gaming and cultural venue in Cabourg, France
The Casino of Cabourg is a gaming and cultural venue in the coastal town featuring an ornate facade and interior spaces styled in Italian taste. The building combines a grand entrance hall, a central rotunda room, and multiple gaming and performance areas under one architectural design.
Henri-Durand Morimbeau, a lawyer, and Achille Colin, a secretary, launched a wooden casino here, begun on 9 May 1854, but it stood too close to the seawall. Architect Victor Isouard built a replacement nearer the sea in 1867, a ballroom was added in 1880, and Charles Bertrand brought electricity in 1891. In 1909 a new casino rose alongside the adjoining grand hotel, designed by Lucien Viraut and Émile Mauclerc; the town bought it in 1956 and the Partouche group has run it since 1997.
The casino's name appears in white lettering on the tall arched window of its pale yellow facade. The town bought the building in 1956, and the Partouche group has run it since 1997. A panoramic restaurant called "Kaz" occupies part of the site. Once a new gaming hall opens at the town entrance, planned for around 2026, the old casino is to be given over to theatre and conferences.
The site includes various gaming areas with machines and table games plus a dining area. The wider surroundings are easy to walk through, and the seafront promenade offers opportunities to explore the building from the outside.
The casino's protected status, granted by decree on 6 October 1993, covers more than the facades and roofs: it also lists the south-east rotunda vestibule with all its decoration, the performance hall with its decor, and the electrical installation built into it. The building was bought back by the municipality in 1956 and has been run by the Partouche group since 1997.
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