“North American Video was the most qualified integrator for the job,” said Painter. “They still made sure however that the surveillance room was functioning properly for the opening of phase one on July 13th.” Painter, surveillance manager for the Black Bear Casino Resort. “After many delays, North American Video was finally allowed to start working on the surveillance room almost two months behind schedule,” said Dennis M.
With the extremely tight timeframes going into the project, it could have just as easily been a black Friday. The successful transition from the old site to the new was with thanks, in no small way, to North American Video, headed by Security Magazine columnist Cynthia Freschi.
On the 13th hour of the 13th day, the Casino was officially declared open for business in its temporary home in the convention center. They are in Black Bear Casino’s surveillance room.įriday, July 13 may have been an inauspicious day to many people this year, but to the Black Bear Casino Resort, located just outside Duluth, Minn., it was the perfect day to celebrate the opening of the Black Bear Casino in its new location. Black Bear and NAV personnel: (L to R) Mohamed Chahboune, NAV technician Dennis Painter, surveillance manager, Black Bear Rocky Rennquist, director of surveillance, Black Bear Mike Womack, NAV Joseph Stevens, NAV technician and Dennis McCauley, lead surveillance technician.
