https://clintonvillehistory.com/olentangy-park-casino/ Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:45:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://clintonvillehistory.com/olentangy-park-casino/#comment-303 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:45:13 +0000 http://clintonvillehistory.com/?p=6365#comment-303 I don’t think they actually gambled in it. It could have held card games maybe, and possibly with gambling, but more likely there was dancing, socializing, small concerts in this “casino”. Casino didn’t begin to mean specifically a gambling house until Vegas became popular in the 1930s, which was toward the end of Olentangy’s run. Still, like you, I do wonder what kinda of things would have went on in a building like this on hot summer day 100 years ago.

]]> https://clintonvillehistory.com/olentangy-park-casino/#comment-302 Sat, 18 Jul 2020 01:57:03 +0000 http://clintonvillehistory.com/?p=6365#comment-302 ‘Casino’ was a term often used for buildings that housed any type of amusement, not just gambling, so it was probably more of a general purpose building.

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