Name

The Bicycle Hotel & Casino

Legal name

The Bicycle Casino, L.P.

Website

https://thebike.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casino and Hotel Resort

NAICS

Casino Hotels (721120)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Casino Poker Operations (Land-Based) (MPAEAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Luxury Casino Hotels (THAGAJAI), Poker Tournaments & Tours (Live/Hybrid) (MPAEAEAE)

Keywords

• Poker room operations
• Casino gaming services
• Hospitality and accommodation
• Poker tournament hosting
• Live poker streaming

Headquarters

HQ city

Bell Gardens

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Gaming Operations: The primary revenue driver is the 185-table poker room and 50+ California table games. Revenue is generated through house rake on poker games, table game margins, and tournament entry fees. The casino operates 24 hours daily.
2. Hotel Accommodation: 99 guest rooms and suites ranging from 428 to 2,007+ square feet, generating room revenue from overnight stays. Room categories include Deluxe King/Queen rooms and multiple suite tiers including Classic Suite, The Bike Suite, Governor's Suite, and Presidential Suite.
3. Food and Beverage: Multiple dining venues including Bike Brewery (pub fare with 28 craft beer taps), Bike Cafe (24-hour), Shanghai Dynasty (Chinese), Sora Sushi, Pho Sen (Vietnamese), and multiple bars. Revenue from food and beverage sales throughout the property.
4. Tournament Entry Fees: Major tournament events including Legends of Poker, WPT events, and WSOP Circuit generate revenue through buy-in fees. Events range from hundreds to thousands of dollars in entry fees with guaranteed prize pools reaching millions.
5. Valet and Amenities: Valet parking service at $8.00 per instance (included in resort fee for hotel guests), massage services at $2 per minute, shoe shine services, and other hospitality amenities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

The Bicycle Hotel & Casino operates a 100,000-square-foot gaming floor featuring 185 poker tables and 50+ California table games, a 99-room boutique luxury hotel, five dining venues, multiple bars, event facilities, and the Live At The Bike! live-streamed poker platform. Revenue is generated through house rake on poker games, table game margins, tournament buy-ins (WPT, WSOP Circuit, Legends of Poker), hotel accommodation, and food and beverage sales. The property is a charter WPT host since 2002 and operates 24 hours daily as an integrated gaming-hospitality destination near Los Angeles.

Product overview

The Bicycle Hotel & Casino is a single-property luxury resort destination in Bell Gardens, California, offering an integrated casino-hotel-dining-entertainment experience. The property features a 100,000 square-foot gaming floor with 185 tables (Parkwest Bicycle Casino Gaming Floor, Poker Room, and California Games), a 99-room boutique hotel with multiple suite tiers, five distinct dining venues (Bike Brewery, Bike Cafe, Shanghai Dynasty, Sora Sushi, Pho Sen), multiple bars, over 7,754 sq ft of event space, fitness center, outdoor pool, and spa services. The company operates a Player Rewards loyalty program and hosts major poker tournaments including the WPT Legends of Poker series. The product portfolio centers on the gaming experience supplemented by hospitality services (hotel, dining, amenities) and digital engagement tools (mobile app, SMS rewards, Live At The Bike! streaming platform).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Live At The Bike!: The first full-service live-streamed poker cash game channel, streaming poker games on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays with professional commentary.
• The Bicycle Casino Community Foundation
• Bike Brewery
• Player Rewards Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 185 poker tables making it one of the largest poker rooms in the world
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered notable, flagship, core and minor.

• Phil HellmuthnotableOthers · 1 January 201713-time WSOP bracelet winner and poker celebrity who has participated in WPT events at the property since 2017, generating significant player interest and media coverage. Known as 'The Bad Boy of Poker' with substantial following.
• Antonio EsfandiarinotableOthers · 1 January 2017Two-time WPT champion ('The Magician') and notable celebrity poker player who participated in major events, bringing star power and media attention to the venue's tournament series.
• World Poker Tour (WPT)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002Charter member of the World Poker Tour since its founding in 2002. Host venue for the WPT Legends of Poker tournament for 16 consecutive seasons. The property hosted the historic milestone of WPT awarding its one-billionth prize dollar. Partnership includes televised main events, celebrity player appearances, and promotional coordination that generates over $7 million in estimated prize pools annually.
• World Series of Poker (WSOP) CircuitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost venue for WSOP Circuit Ring Events, bringing major tournament poker competition to Southern California. Events follow official WSOP Circuit Tournament Rules.
• Golden Road BreweryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExclusive craft beer partnership producing 'The Bike Brew' blonde ale, served exclusively at The Bicycle Hotel & Casino's Bike Brewery with 28 taps of craft beer options.
• Doug Polk, Ryan Fee, Joe Ingram, Jason Les, Alec Torelli, Phil Laak, Jennifer TillynotableOthersProfessional poker players who regularly appear on the Live At The Bike! streaming show, providing commentary and gameplay that generates over 1 million monthly views.
• R.D. Olson ConstructionminorOthersCommercial luxury general contractor that built the $50 million, seven-story hotel addition completed in 2015.
• Lee & Sakahara ArchitectsminorOthersArchitecture firm responsible for design of the hotel property, creating the seven-story boutique luxury hotel with 117,907 square feet.
• Hager Design International Inc.minorOthersInterior design firm responsible for the sophisticated hotel and casino interior aesthetics and guest experience design.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wynn Resorts: Luxury integrated casino-resort operator (Las Vegas/Macau). Relevant as a benchmark for upscale casino-hotel positioning, F&B quality, and resort programming rather than direct regional competition.
• Morongo Casino Resort & Spa: Large tribal casino resort in Cabazon, CA with extensive poker, table games, hotel, spa, and F&B. Competes broadly with The Bike's integrated casino-hotel experience and draws from the same Southern California drive-in market.
• San Manuel Casino: Major Southern California tribal casino (Highland, CA) with an expanded gaming floor, hotel, and entertainment venues; competes for LA-area gaming and overnight-stay demand against The Bike's hotel-casino offering.
• Pechanga Resort Casino: One of the largest casino resorts in the Western U.S. (Temecula, CA) with hotel, poker room, table games, and entertainment. Comparable integrated resort model but at significantly larger scale and broader entertainment orientation.
• Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs: California tribal casino with hotel and gaming offerings in the Palm Springs/Inland Empire region; comparable Southern California integrated casino-hotel positioning.

Direct peers

• Lucky Chances Casino: Northern California cardroom (Colma, near San Francisco) with poker and table games; comparable California cardroom operating model and tournament programming targeted at regional poker enthusiasts.
• Commerce Casino: The world's largest cardroom located in Commerce, CA, ~10 minutes from The Bicycle. Competes head-to-head on poker tables (200+), tournament series, and LA-area high-stakes player traffic with a similar 24/7 cardroom operating model.
• Hollywood Park Casino: LA-area (Inglewood) cardroom and casino operating table games and poker, competing for the same Southern California casual and tournament player pool with a similar California cardroom license.
• Hawaiian Gardens Casino: Large Southern California cardroom with ~125+ poker tables and a strong tournament schedule, directly competing for SoCal poker players and tournament revenue. Closest analog after Commerce on poker table count.
• Lake Elsinore Hotel & Casino: Southern California casino-hotel property combining a hotel with poker and table games, directly comparable to The Bike's integrated gaming-and-hospitality positioning in the regional market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-bicycle-casino

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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