Another Day Trip At The Blue Chip Hotel/Casino In Michigan City, IN

Another Day Trip At The Blue Chip Hotel/Casino In Michigan City, IN

It's been about a year, since my last trip to the Blue Chip Hotel/Casino, so I was overdue for another visit.  You can read about my last trip and more details about the property here...  Blue Chip Casino, August 2017

I spent the day at the Blue Chip which is about a 2 hour drive from home, but with all of the traffic on the interstates, it always turns into a mess even when I try to avoid rush hour traffic.  I would have liked to have gone on Monday, since they have the Young At Hearts special for seniors every Monday, but I was busy, so I decided to go on Wednesday instead.

The Blue Chip is the closest Boyd property to my location.  The Par-A-Dice Hotel/Casino in Peoria, IL is also a Boyd property located in my home state of Illinois, but it's a 3 hours drive which is too much of rush to do as a day trip.  It's also a riverboat casino, so it's much smaller, but they also have a hotel within walking distance of the riverboat.  Boyd also doesn't send any free room offers for the Par-A-Dice, but I do receive comp room offers from the Blue Chip, if I wanted to stay overnight.  I did check at the desk when I arrived, but they didn't have a comp room available for that night.  I could have opted to upgrade to a suite for $75, but I decided not too ...free is always better. LOL

I played mainly VP and had some nice hits including a few Royal with Deuces and 5OAKs.  I hit a couple of straight flushes and a number of 4OAKs, but I didn't take photos of them.  In the end, I came home with an extra $15O.  It would have been more, but I fed about half of the winnings back into the machines. LOL

I also tried the dinner buffet at the Options Buffet for the first time.  Last year, I had the lunch buffet which was also pretty good.  This was a freebie, since I had a coupon which was good for either the buffet or any of their other restaurants.  On Wednesday's, the dinner buffet is $19.99.  The buffet was good, as well as the service, but not as good as the Medley Buffet at the Orleans in Las Vegas.  The carvery station had roasted tri-tip which was pretty good, chicken, and a variety of sausages.  They also had a variety of Italian, Chinese, Mexican, and American cuisines.  I did go back for a plate of peal and eat shrimp, but I forgot to take a pic of them. LOL  The deserts were also very good with a large variety to choose from! YUM!

I wish the Blue Chip was closer to home, since I like their property much better than some of the other nearby casinos and Boyd offers much better comps.  I often visit the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, IN which is a CET property and closer to home.  Although, their casino  is not land based and is built on a huge barge.  It's also starting to show it's age and is in need of a makeover.  They also don't have a hotel at their location.

I really wish Illinois and Chicago would get together and build a nice land based hotel/casino near the city, since they are losing a lot of revenue from us Chicagoans who cross the border into Indiana and other nearby states in search of better hotel/casinos.