The situation you are walking into
If you are checking whether Detroit casino table games sit in a smoke-free area, the honest first answer is that no single citywide rule answers this. Smoking policy on a casino floor is set property by property, and it changes as operators reconfigure floors, add enclosed smoking rooms, or respond to local ordinance changes. What this article can give you is the structural picture: which Detroit properties are documented, how smoking and non-smoking space tends to be organised inside a casino, and exactly which channels carry the current policy before you travel.
Detroit sits at roughly 42.33 north latitude and 83.05 west longitude. Two casino hotels are documented within the city itself, and several more sit elsewhere in Michigan and northern Ohio. None of the documented reference sources for this article states a current smoking designation for any individual table game pit, so this article will not invent one.
Which Detroit venues are documented here
Two Detroit casino properties appear in the documented venue set for this article. They sit close to one another and close to the city's centre, but their floor plans and smoking sections are not described in the reference sources supplied here.
| Venue | City | State | Documented facility fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Casino at Greektown | Detroit | Michigan | 1,000 hotel rooms; 128,170 sq ft gaming space; opened 2000 |
| MotorCity Casino Hotel | Detroit | Michigan | 2,500 slot machines; 59 table games; 400 hotel rooms; 67,000 sq ft gaming space; opened December 14, 1999 |
These figures come from publicly published reference sources and describe a documented point in time. Casinos rebuild and reallocate floor space, so a square footage or machine count is not a promise about today's layout. The table game count for MotorCity is documented at 59, but that does not tell you how many of those tables sit in a smoke-free section.
How smoking and non-smoking space is typically structured
Most large casino floors do not make the entire property one or the other. The common structure is a patchwork: a designated non-smoking gaming area, a smoking-permitted area, and sometimes a fully enclosed smoking room with separate ventilation. Table games can sit in any of those zones, and a single pit may straddle a boundary.
What changes the picture inside one building is usually the ventilation layout, the position of slot banks relative to table pits, and whether the operator has chosen to make an entire level or wing non-smoking. A property can also shift a pit from one zone to another during a floor reconfiguration without changing the building's overall policy.
What varies even within one property
- Whether the non-smoking area is a separate room or an open section of a larger floor.
- Whether table games are included in the non-smoking zone or only slots.
- Whether a smoking section is fully enclosed with its own air handling or simply separated by distance.
- Whether the policy applies to the whole gaming floor or only to certain pits, levels, or hours.
- Whether a property has moved between smoking and non-smoking designations after a renovation.
Because these choices are operational rather than fixed, two Detroit properties with similar footprints can have completely different answers for the same question. A reader asking about "Detroit casinos" as a group is really asking about several separate decisions made by separate operators.
Straight-line distances to nearby documented venues
If you are weighing Detroit against other regional casino options, the documented set includes venues elsewhere in Michigan and Ohio. All distances below are great-circle measurements from Detroit's documented coordinates, not road miles. Driving distance is always longer, and this article does not publish road mileage or travel times.
| Venue | Straight-line distance from Detroit | Measurement type |
|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Casino at Greektown | 0.3 miles | Great-circle, as the crow flies |
| MotorCity Casino Hotel | 1.3 miles | Great-circle, as the crow flies |
| Jack Cleveland Casino | 90.3 miles | Great-circle, as the crow flies |
| FireKeepers Casino Hotel | 103.7 miles | Great-circle, as the crow flies |
| Northfield | 103.8 miles | Great-circle, as the crow flies |
| Saganing Eagles Landing | 118.6 miles | Great-circle, as the crow flies |
| Soaring Eagle | 122.0 miles | Great-circle, as the crow flies |
| Presque Isle | 155.4 miles | Great-circle, as the crow flies |
The two Detroit properties sit under two miles from the city's documented centre, which is why they are the natural first check for a Detroit-specific question. The next nearest documented venues are roughly ninety miles or more away by straight line, and considerably farther by road.
What governs whether a table game is smoke-free
Three layers usually decide the answer. The first is the local or state regulatory environment, which may set minimum indoor air rules or permit smoking only in separately ventilated spaces. The second is the operator's own floor plan, which decides where the non-smoking pit sits and how many tables it holds. The third is the physical building: a property with a fully enclosed smoking room can offer a non-smoking main floor more easily than one where smoke drifts across an open plan.
None of those layers is a fixed fact you can look up once and trust forever. Operators move pits, rebalance table counts, and change ventilation during renovations. A policy that was accurate last year may not describe this month's floor.
Cost and fee drivers if you are planning a visit
Smoking policy is not a priced item, but the same trip involves several changeable costs. This article does not publish any prices, room rates, parking fees, buffet prices, or entry fees for any venue. What it can do is show which factors move those numbers and which channel holds the current answer.
| Cost or policy item | What drives it | Where to confirm the current answer |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel room rate | Day of week, season, room category, loyalty tier, bundled packages | Property's own booking page |
| Parking fee | Self-park vs valet, event-day pricing, loyalty status, stay duration | Property's parking page or guest services |
| Buffet or restaurant price | Meal period, weekend vs weekday, holiday pricing, member vs public rate, drink inclusion | Restaurant's published menu or host stand |
| Smoking section availability | Floor configuration, ventilation layout, property policy, current renovation status | Property's guest services line or floor signage |
| Table game minimums | Day, time, demand, pit location, table type | Floor staff or pit signage on arrival |
The pattern is the same for every row: the figure is set by variables that change, and the only authoritative current answer lives with the property itself, not with a third-party article.
What to confirm before you go
Smoking policy is the first thing to check, because it is the one item most likely to have changed since any reference source was written. Call or message the property's guest services line and ask specifically whether table games sit in a non-smoking area, whether that area is enclosed, and whether the policy applies to the whole floor or only certain pits.
Second, confirm the practical logistics: whether the non-smoking section is open during your planned visit, whether a particular table game you want is inside it, and whether any renovation is currently moving pits between zones. Third, confirm any cost item you plan to incur, because none of those figures are published here and all of them move.
The most common mistake is assuming that a casino with a non-smoking hotel floor also has a non-smoking gaming floor. Those are separate decisions. A second common mistake is assuming that a smoke-free slot area includes the table games next to it. Ask about table games specifically, by name, rather than about the property in general.
FAQ
Do any Detroit casinos have smoke-free table games?
This article cannot confirm a current smoke-free table game designation for any individual Detroit property, because no documented reference source here states one. Smoking policy is set property by property and changes with floor reconfigurations. Contact the property's guest services line directly and ask whether table games sit in a non-smoking area, and whether that area is enclosed.
Is the whole MotorCity Casino floor non-smoking?
The documented reference sources for this article do not state a current smoking designation for MotorCity's gaming floor. The property is documented with 59 table games and 2,500 slot machines, but those counts do not describe how many tables sit in a non-smoking zone. Confirm the current floor policy with the property before travelling.
How far apart are the two Detroit casinos?
The documented straight-line distance between Detroit's centre and Hollywood Casino at Greektown is 0.3 miles, and to MotorCity Casino Hotel is 1.3 miles. Both are great-circle measurements, not road distances. Driving between them is longer than these figures suggest, and this article does not publish road mileage or travel times.
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