| The casino is settled at Pontaillac beach,made a tourist resort in 1850 and
popular very quickly by the rich vacationers, and gradually, luxury hotels and villas structured summer's finest neighborhoods in Royan.
Pontaillac host in 1880 a coffee shop"La Restauration", that was replaced in 1902 by the third gambling house of Royan in a building constructed of wood, on piles in the center of Conche.
In 1930, the "Sporting Casino Pontaillac" replaces "The Restauration" that has become obsolete. The building still in place, this time presents a typical architecture of 30´s years. He became the place as "select" Royan.
Lucien Barrière obtained in 1986 the concession to Pontaillac Casino and allows the facility to find a new youth ( casino site). |
