The Mint Gaming Hall Cumberland: 19 Manual Clear Panels, Two Phases, Still Rolling After Three Years
When The Mint Gaming Hall Cumberland was still rebar and red steel in the summer of 2022, its design-build firm asked us to enclose the long side of The Back Yard patio before the September opening. We measured in August, installed in the first week of September, and the owners came back that fall for the two gable ends. Three years later the same manual roll panels came down for a patio renovation and went right back up.
What we built
- Customer: The Mint Gaming Hall Cumberland, 244 Penny Lane, Williamsburg, Kentucky.
- Designer and builder: I-5 Design Build of Lacey, Washington, who designed the gaming hall and ran both phases with us.
- Phase 1, The Back Yard, September 2022: 12 manual rope-and-pulley panels along the street side, each about 111 inches wide and 144 inches (12 feet) tall, mounted under the steel header. Black solid vinyl with a 73-inch clear window, a 15-inch solid top and a 56-inch solid bottom that lines up with the patio railing. Filler flaps between panels, no doors.
- Phase 2, the gable ends, February 2023: 7 more panels closing both ends under the pitched roof, from 22 inches to 175 inches wide and up to 170 inches tall, black with clear, rope-and-pulley, hung the same way.
- Together: 19 panels and about 2,100 square feet of enclosure, all NFPA 701 flame-rated.
Before and after
The patio was a covered concrete slab open on three sides, with a low railing and nothing between guests and the Kentucky weather. The clear panels drop from the header and clip to the railing line, so the room reads as a glass box from the street and the gaming floor keeps its view.
Six steps, August 2022 to March 2026
- Aug 18, 2022: design consultation on an active construction site, with the opening date three weeks out.
- Aug 29, 2022: into manufacturing, and the first panels installed starting September 7, before the September 19 opening.
- Oct 28, 2022: the gable ends approved. The owners liked the long side enough to close both ends.
- Nov 29, 2022: second design consultation, panels into manufacturing December 28.
- Feb 7, 2023: phase 2 installed. Complete February 27.
- Feb to Mar 2026: the renovation. I-5 replaced the patio fence with a stuccoed low wall. We took every panel down in February, cleaned them, and rehung them in March on the new wall. The owners priced a full motorized upgrade at the same time and chose to keep the manual panels, which says something about how they have held up.
What made this one different
The schedule. The casino opened on a fixed date, the patio was the last thing built, and the measurements had to come off steel that was still being bolted together. Our designer flew in, measured what existed, and we built to the header the contractor promised rather than waiting for a finished patio. The ends came later, once the owners had lived with the long side through a Kentucky fall.
The other thing is what happened next door. In early 2026 the owners of Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati toured The Mint with their contractor, saw these panels, and asked for the same thing motorized. That became our Hard Rock case study.
Specs
| System | Manual roll clear panels, rope-and-pulley, 19 panels in two phases |
| Vinyl | Black solid with 73-inch clear window, flame-rated to NFPA 701 |
| Largest panel | 175 inches wide by 170 inches tall (gable end) |
| Wind rating | Manual roll panels are rated 45 mph deployed and clipped to the D-rings at this size; roll them up for anything stronger. |
| Warranty | 3 years on workmanship |
| Lead time | About 6 weeks from deposit for manual panels; phase 1 ran 3 weeks on a rush for the opening |
| Installation | Our own crew, both phases, plus the 2026 remove-and-rehang. Outlet locations only; we do not do the electrical. |
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