When we tried that and parked we were told we were in Valet parking and would be towed if we left our car there and that we could not enter the hotel through this entrance. There is no parking near the hotel! Really stupid! We were told you could go to the end of the hotel for parking and use your key to get in the building. We had advance reservations, but they could not find us, because they were reading our name backwards, when I showed them our confirmation they realized their mistake. We parked in front of the casino and went in and had a good dinner, gambled and then went to get our room. We were returning from a wedding in Texas and were passing through on our way back to Illinois.
We have visited this facility about a year ago, and had a good room and fun casino.