Montecasino | |
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Location | Fourways, Johannesburg |
Address | 1 Montecasino Blvd, Fourways, Sandton, 2021 |
Opening date | 2000; 20 years ago |
Theme | Italian Village |
Owner | Tsogo Sun |
Website | tsogosun.com/montecasino |
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Montecasino is a leisure and casino complex covering 26 hectares of land located at No.1 Montecasino Boulevard in Fourways, Sandton, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.[1] It was designed by American company Creative Kingdom Inc. and built by South African architects Bentel Associates International at a cost of R1.6 billion.[2] It first opened its doors on 30 November 2000 and it currently attracts over 9.3 million visitors annually.[3][4] It is themed after Monte Cassino[citation needed]. It has been meticulously designed to replicate an ancient Tuscan village.[5] The main casino building has a fake sky, painted on the ceiling , inside going from light on one side to dark at the other.
Montecasino is owned by Tsogo Sun. Tsogo Sun is a partnership between Southern Sun and Tsogo Investments. Tsogo Investments is a black empowerment group and the hotel component of Tsogo Sun's casinos are developed and managed by Southern Sun. Tsogo Sun holds the casino license for Montecasino.[6]
Teatro[edit]
The Teatro opened its doors in May 2007. The Teatro was constructed at a cost of over R100 million and is one of the 10 largest Lyric theatres in the world. The Teatro is currently the largest theatre in South Africa and can sit 1,870 people at full capacity.[7] The Teatro theatre has hosted major musical productions such as the Disney Broadway musical The Lion King in 2007 as well as Joyous Celebration Rewind Recordings. It was the first and only production of The Lion King to feature an entirely South African cast and was seen by over 550 000 people during the run at this venue[citation needed].
The tethered helium passenger balloon rising over the Montecasino buildings.
The Pivot[edit]
The Pivot is a 2010 development for Montecasino. It comprises a mixture of office, retail and a new hotel.
Accommodation[edit]
For those looking for accommodation near the Montecasino, the closest place to stay is The Palazzo Montecasino.
Awards[edit]
Montecasino has won numerous awards since 2001.[8] This includes the following awards:
- 2009/11/30 – 'The Readers Choice Awards' – Best Casino
- 2009/10/15 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Cinema Complex
- 2009/10/15 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners in Jozi
- 2009/10/15 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Entertainment Complex
- 2009/09/08 – 'PMR – Diamond Arrow' – Gauteng province – Business Sector: Leading Casino / Entertainment Centre
- 2008/08/08 – 'PMR – Diamond Arrow' – Gauteng province – Business Sector: Leading Casino / Entertainment Centre
- 2008/08/08 – 'The Star' – Best Casino
- 2008/09/08 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Cinema Complex
- 2008/09/08 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners in Jozi
- 2008/09/08 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Entertainment Complex
- 2007/10/06 – 'Tourism Grading Council of South Africa' – Five star grading as a Meeting, Exhibition & Special Events venue
- 2007/10/07 – 'PMR – Golden arrow' – Gauteng province Business Sector: Best Casino/Entertainment Centres in Gauteng Province
- 2007/10/07 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Cinema Complex
- 2007/10/07 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners in Jozi
- 2007/10/07 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Entertainment Complex
- 2007/10/07 – 'Tourism Grading Council of South Africa' – Five star grading as a Meeting, Exhibition & Special Events venue
- 2006/10/06 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Thai Restaurant – Kai Thai
- 2006/10/06 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Dinner on a budget and best steakhouse – Franchise – Spur
- 2006/10/06 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Fish/Seafood Restaurant – Ocean Basket
- 2006/10/06 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Book Shop – Exclusive Books
- 2006/10/06 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Entertainment Complex
- 2006/10/06 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Ladies Night Venue – Café Vacca Matta
- 2006/10/06 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Cinema complex – Montecasino Nu Metro
- 2006/10/06 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Children's menu in a restaurant and best kids' party venue – indoor – Spur
- 2006/08/06 – 'The Star' – Best Casino
- 2006/08/06 – 'Pretoria News' – Best Casino
- 2005/08/01 – 'The Star' – Best Casino
- 2005/08/01 – 'Pretoria News' – Best Casino
- 2005/10/01 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Entertainment Complex
- 2005/10/01 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Cinema Complex
- 2005/10/01 – 'PMR Gauteng Province' – Leaders and Achievers – Executive Lifestyle: Best Entertainment Centre
- 2004/10/01 – 'The Star' – Best Casino
- 2004/10/01 – 'Pretoria News' – Best Casino
- 2004/10/01 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Entertainment Complex
- 2004/10/01 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Cinema complex
- 2004/10/01 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Steakhouse Franchise
- 2004/10/01 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Ladies Night Venue
- 2004/06/01 – 'South African Landscapers Institute' – InterContinental Palazzo Hotel Gardens won a Gold Award
- 2004/06/01 – 'South African Landscapers Institute' – Montecasino Bird Gardens won a Silver Award for Maintenance of Large Landscape Gardens
- 2003/10/01 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Casino
- 2003/10/01 – 'ROCCI' – Service Excellence
- 2002/10/01 – 'Leisure Options' – Best Casino
- 2001/10/01 – 'ROCCI' – Community Contribution, Service Excellence & Special Award for Large Business Beyond ROCCI Regional Boundaries
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References[edit]
- ^Montecasino, Pivot
- ^Montecasino, ArchitectArchived 26 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^Montecasino, Overview
- ^Montecasino, Fact Sheet
- ^Montecasino, Design
- ^Montecasino, Tsogo Sun
- ^Montecasino, Teatro
- ^Montecasino, Awards
Creative Kingdom designed the Montecasino; this is an American company with offices in a Dubai Thailand And China for MGM And Tsogo Sun.
External links[edit]
Coordinates: 26°01′27″S28°00′46″E / 26.0241333°S 28.0128193°E
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Fourways Johannesburg
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Coordinates: 26°1′16″S28°0′33″E / 26.02111°S 28.00917°ECoordinates: 26°1′16″S28°0′33″E / 26.02111°S 28.00917°E | |
Country | South Africa |
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Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Sandton |
Area | |
• Total | 2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,860 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 22.1% |
• Coloured | 1.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 4.3% |
• White | 70.4% |
• Other | 1.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 73.0% |
• Afrikaans | 7.6% |
• Zulu | 4.4% |
• Northern Sotho | 2.2% |
• Other | 12.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | |
PO box | 2055 |
Area code | 011 |
The district referred to as Fourways (which is a collection of suburbs, including the traditional suburb of Fourways) is the fastest-developing commercial and residential hub in northern Sandton, north of Johannesburg, South Africa. The main access routes to Fourways are off the N1 at R511 William Nicol Drive, or alternatively along R564 Witkoppen Road. It is located mostly in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is roughly as far as one can go in the city before metropolitan Johannesburg dissolves into rolling hills, game farms and the capital Pretoria, 55 kilometres to the northeast. Hartebeespoort verch Dam and the Magaliesberg Mountains lie half an hour to the north-west. It is bordered by Bryanston to the east and south and Randburg to the west.
The Fourways district is also home to the Fourways Mall which became the second largest shopping centre in Africa post an extensive upgrade.[2]
History[edit]
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Long before the district came to be called Fourways, it was a 245-hectare (605-acre) residence and game farm owned by the Eriksen family. The residence they built here in the early 1940s was named Norscot Manor[3] (after their nationalities 'Nor'wegian and 'Scot'tish). The house is in the classic Cape Dutch style, although it is far too large and misshapen to be considered a true Cape Dutch.
After being sold off piece by piece, the stately manor house was given to the City Council of Johannesburg in the 1970s, who named the suburb that was planned around it 'Norscot'. The mansion now serves Fourways as Norscot Manor Recreation Centre, the majority of it being a library, but also encompassing an art gallery, lessons for children in Irish & Highland dancing, Ballet, Biodanza, Indian and Modern dancing as well as Judo and Karate,[4] a playground and a tea garden. There has been much alteration to the manor. It contains Art Deco finishes which abound and remain, such as seashell-inspired window fastenings, and air grates above windows delicately molded of plaster and depicting classic Art Deco ideas: the stag and a sylph-like female form in a forest. In 2015, the Norscot manor house was awarded 'blue plaque' heritage status from the City of Johannesburg, which was unveiled by local Ward Councillor Chris Santana on 18 February 2015.[5]
Fourways was so named because of the four-way stop where William Nicol Drive and Witkoppen Road met. Today William Nicol Drive cuts under Witkoppen Road and is 3 lanes wide. The Fourways name is symbolised with two four-way roundabouts on Kingfisher Drive, the main thoroughfare of the Greater Fourways suburb, intersecting Robin Drive and Alexander Avenue. This suburb also has the original (circa 1905) house the Eriksen lived in before Norscot Manor was built, and it can be found on Flamingo Avenue.
Geography[edit]
The district of Fourways encompasses several suburbs and estates. The suburbs include Fourways (on the Western side of William Nicol Drive, with a small portion on the Eastern side colloquially known as Little Fourways), Magalies View, Bryanston Ext. 34, several Magaliessig extensions, Norscot, Norscot Slopes, Lonehill and Beverley, Craigavon, Broadacres. The estates are Cedar Creek, Cedar Lakes, Fourways Gardens, Dainfern, Dainfern Valley, Dainfern Ridge and Fernbrook Estate. The estates have come to be because of the city's high crime rate. Dainfern is centred on a golf course, while Cedar Lakes, Fourways Gardens and Fernbrook Estate are centred on family ideals and parks, Fourways Gardens has a small nature enclosure which used to be home to a set of zebra and several blue cranes. The weather is warmer here than that to the South. Fourways will, on average, enjoy Pretoria's temperatures, owing to their proximity.
Of the koppies located in Johannesburg, Greater Fourways has one located in the Fourways Nature Reserve, named the Norscot Koppies. Lonehill and Beverley has another, located in the Lonehill Nature Reserve, named the Lonehill Koppie.
Apart from the metropolitan's older and most prestigious suburbs, such as Westcliff in Johannesburg and Sandhurst in Sandton, this district has some of the metro's priciest and most sought-after homes.[citation needed]
Central Fourways comprises the entertainment district. These centres are Design Quarter, just north of Magaliessig, Fourways Mall north of Greater Fourways, Montecasino to the east of Greater Fourways, Fourways Crossing just east of Fourways Mall and the newest development, Cedar Square to the north-west of Fourways Mall. It must be mentioned that Broadacres and Lonehill are served by their own smaller shopping centres. These centres are chic, and are frequented by stay-at-home moms, Broadacres being the particular favourite because of the large park-like grounds it encloses, making it a safe and enjoyable haven for children.
Schools[edit]
Fourways has several reputable schools. They include the government school Fourways High School in Greater Fourways (grades 8-12), the private Crawford schools: Pre-Primary, and Preparatory in Craigavon (grades 000-7) as well as Crawford Pre-Primary, Preparatory and College in Lonehill (grades 000-12). Dainfern is served by Dainfern College (grades 0-12). Residents of Fourways have a precedent stake in entering their children in Bryanston's elite government primary schools Bryandale Primary School and Bryanston Primary School, because of Fourways' close proximity to Bryanston.
The poor soil quality of the area is owed to the fact that the top-soil was sold off between the 1920s and 1960s.[citation needed]
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Some of the main attractions in Fourways are:
- Fourways Mall, the first of the large malls in the area.
- Cedar Square, home to various restaurants, a Virgin Active and the country's first 65m ski slope.
- Montecasino, a faux-Tuscan complex designed by architect bureaus Creative Kingdom and Bentel Abramson & Partners.
- Fourways Crossing, a 'factory mall' style complex.
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These facilities are on the intersection between the R511 and Witkoppen Road, the intersection after which the area was named.
Trivia[edit]
There are two urban legends, one that the Lonehill Nature Reserve came to be when alarmed residents heard that an American had bought the topmost rock of the Lonehill Koppie. In a panic they had the surrounding area declared a nature reserve, and the American could no longer remove it. The second was that Afrikaners believed that the English would be driven out of South Africa if the top rock could be dislodged. The reserve is open from September through April on Saturdays and Sundays and is an idyllic place to laze away or exert oneself - both koppies may be climbed, and original rock art can be observed.
Safety and Security[edit]
The Douglasdale office of the South African Police Service located in Douglasdale service the majority of the Fourways District and Bryanston area.
References[edit]
- ^ abcd'Sub Place Fourways'. Census 2011.
- ^'Fourways Mall finally launches, becomes the largest shopping centre in SA'. Africa Property News.com. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^'Norscot Manor'.
- ^'JKA Karate Dojo in Norscot Manor'.
- ^http://fourwaysreview.co.za/191057/norscot-manors-proud-unveiling/
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