Besides the traditional midnight ball drop, there will one at noon as well for early birds. “You’ll be able to see it from every vantage point in the casino,” Scharton said.Īnd you might be able to see it twice. We’re adding lots of stuff,” Fuchs said.Īlso hard at work on Monday were workers from NOTI, who were installing a 30-foot-tall LED display at the Center Bar for a virtual ball drop. “We’ll be here throughout the day today and throughout the day (Tuesday) getting ready, putting out the decor. Broadway, is supplying and setting up the decor for the event, which includes balloon sea animals and lighted tropical trees. “We started putting things up Friday afternoon,” Lisa Fuchs of Raindrops n Roses said. It’s something fun.”īut a lot of work for the employees and decorators tasked with converting the casino into a “Caribbean paradise.” “And when you look around at other New Year’s Eve celebrations, some of them have the same kind of theme. “Why not offer guests a brief escape from the traditional winter weather, and have a good time?” casino director of communications Grant Scharton said Monday. That’s a big reason why Indiana Grand Casino is going with a Caribbean theme for today’s New Year’s Eve celebration. It’s going to be a cold start to the New Year, with temperatures in the 20s-no surprise for Indiana. By Andy Proffet, Staff writer From Shelby News