In 2007 a 400-room hotel, which includes views of the Detroit River and Canada, was opened adjacent to the casino and next to a new 13-story parking garage with 2,900 parking spaces. Over a three-year period, 2006-2009, the casino enlarged its footprint. Some of its architectural elements still remain. In 1985 developers turned the structure into a five-story indoor mall with exposed brick, called Trapper’s Alley. The building that is home to the casino was originally owned by fur trapper Traugott Schmidt who used it as a fur processing center. It opened on Novemafter a proposal to establish three casinos in Detroit was approved by voters in 1996. Greektown Casino is one of three casinos in Detroit, Michigan and is located in the city’s Greektown Historic District on Monroe Street.
