The lawsuit, filed by Steven Cohen, also noted that a plywood shack was erected on the sidewalk on the front of the casino without building permits. The picketers were claimed to have been blockading entrances and intimidating employees and patrons. On March of 1998, a District Court lawsuit was filed in an attempt to limit what was considered as 'illegal labor picketing' outside of Casino Royale. James Lockhart, who was a 27-year-old surveillance agent during 1995, said that a communications technician showed him a listening device located within the security rooms that was secretly linked to the dealer's room. In December of 1996 during the Frontier Culinary Union Strike, an alleged spying was reported inside the casino. The man, who was a criminology student, was later interviewed.Ĭonstruction of the facade in 1994. In April of 1995, police officers observed an un-cooperative handcuffed man that was being beaten in the back alley of the casino. The property later connected with the places mentioned above and changed to a massive European-style facade. On January 1, 1992, Tom Elardi bought both the Travelodge and the Nob Hill Casino and connected them into Casino Royale. Casino Royale was first occupied by several restaurants and a casino, including:
