Fiesta Casino Alajuela

Fiesta Casino Alajuela is Costa Rica's most strategically located gaming establishment relative to international air traffic, situated 1.5 kilometers from Juan Santamaría International Airport, the country's main airport and the air hub for all of Central America. Inaugurated in 2005, it operates alongside Hampton Inn & Suites and Garden Court Hotel in the airport hotel corridor, capturing a constant flow of international layover passengers, business travelers and tourists in transit to the country's beach and nature destinations.

Juan Santamaría airport and Alajuela's hotel corridor

Juan Santamaría International Airport is Central America's most active and Latin America's third by number of connected international destinations, with direct flights to more than 50 destinations in North America, South America, Europe and the Caribbean. The immediate airport hotel zone concentrates international chain hotels serving the intense flow of transit passengers, business travelers and tourists arriving and departing Costa Rica. Fiesta Casino Alajuela features approximately 300 slot machines, video poker tables and gaming tables with blackjack, being one of the Fiesta network's largest-capacity casinos.

Costa Rica as transit hub and the airport casino role

Costa Rica receives more than 3 million international tourists annually, with ecotourism, adventure tourism and beach tourism as main motivators. Fiesta Casino Alajuela operates at a mandatory transit point for tourists arriving in the country, many of whom spend one night in the airport area before traveling to interior final destinations. The casino is regulated by Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Finance.