Riddle about the west

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A friend of mine is working on a contest that has all these riddle type clues about locations in the western united states. She got stuck on her last one and asked me for help. I love riddles but havent traveled the west a lot and have no idea what the answer is. Of course now it's driving me crazy to not know the answer!

The riddle is:
After so many years, they wore down the floor,
Put a new one in and scuffed it some more.
You swing me, I swing you,
We drive on down the avenue.
We’re almost where we want to go,
It sounds a lot like the word, casino.
No poker and no roulette,
You can’t come here to gamble or bet.
Now don’t stop and begin to flaunt,
Name this here bar and restaurant

I've googled all kinds of stuff (and so has she and other people she asked for help). There's some speculation online but we haven't come up with a great answer that fits all the clues.

Anyway, I've decided the answer to everything is on the Dis so I thought I'd see if this rang any bells for the folks out west.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Claire L]

The only link I can think of is Reno but you can gamble there??

Claire

 

[Accentuate+]

We've googled around in Reno a bit, and every other keyword or alternative definition of the words in the riddle. (Boy have I learned a lot about square dancing, western swing, gambling in small towns in the old west and dancehalls ) but so far, no cigar.

Thank you!. We still have Reno on our list and will dig around there some more. I know it will be something terribly obvious once we find it. Finding it, though, sheesh!

 

[barkley]

it would help to know what the contest defines as the western u.s.-with the exception of card houses (and indian casinos) california would be a pick for a place you can't come to gamble. the only place off the top of my head that i can think of here that sounds like 'casino' would be mendocino which is along the coast.

 

[roadtrip]

I have the answer!! If you want to compare a few of your other answers for 44 email me at AndreaSidor61 at yahoo.