Casino de Monte-Carlo

Société des Bains de Mer gaming palace — rebuilt by Charles Garnier from 1878, extended by the Salle des Amériques (1881) and rooms by Jules Touzet (1890).

First casinoOpened spring 1863 (SBM)

Garnier rebuild1878 — demolition of the old building, new complex in under six months

Salle des Amériques1881, Charles Garnier

Additional rooms1890, Jules Touzet

OperatorSociété des Bains de Mer (founded 1863)

AddressPlace du Casino, 98000 Monaco

DistrictMonte-Carlo

Checked on7 October 2026

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The Casino de Monte-Carlo is the emblematic building of Société des Bains de Mer, on place du Casino. Memoria treats it as built heritage (the Garnier building), distinct from place du Casino (the esplanade redesigned in 2020) and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo (Garnier hall, neighbouring record).

From 1863 to Garnier’s Belle Époque

SBM opens a first Casino in spring 1863; the district takes the name Monte-Carlo in 1866. Fifteen years later success requires rebuilding: in 1878, Garnier replaces the old building in a few months, adds the performance hall inaugurated on 25 January 1879 (see Opéra record), then the Salle des Amériques (1881) and rooms by Jules Touzet (1890).

Why it is archived

The Casino is not just a brand: it is a sequence of datable building campaigns, carried by the same state company since 1863. Memoria relies on SBM corporate history and culture.mc for the theatre part — without confusing façade, public square and lyric institution.

Each archive on this record is dated and tied to a public source. The facts are paraphrased. A correction? Write to Memoria.

The complete history, archive by archive

5 archives

1890

DevelopmentMonte-Carlo SBM — corporate, historique de la compagnie· 1 January 1890

Two additional rooms by Jules Touzet

Facing the Casino's success, Société des Bains de Mer has two additional rooms built by Jules Touzet, completing extensions entrusted to Charles Garnier.

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1881

DevelopmentMonte-Carlo SBM — Casino de Monte-Carlo, architectural jewel· 1 January 1881

The Salle des Amériques

Charles Garnier completes the Salle des Amériques, a new extension of the gaming palace. Current SBM communication presents it as a salon mixing painted decor and contemporary games.

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1878

WorksMonte-Carlo SBM — corporate, historique de la compagnie ; culture.mc (salle Garnier adjointe au Casino)· 1 January 1878

Palace rebuilt by Charles Garnier

The Casino's old buildings are demolished in 1878 for a new complex built in under six months. Charles Garnier, after the Paris Opéra, directs the theatre and main gaming room; he crowns the building with a dome and two pinnacles. Gaming is temporarily relocated to the Hôtel de Paris.

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1866

EventMonte-Carlo SBM — corporate, historique de la compagnie· 1 June 1866

Birth of the name « Monte-Carlo »

On 1 June 1866 Prince Charles III decrees that Société des Bains de Mer establishments will henceforth bear the name « Monte-Carlo », fixing the identity of the district born around the Casino.

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1863

InaugurationMonte-Carlo SBM — corporate, historique de la compagnie· 1 April 1863

Opening of the first Casino

Five years after the first stone of the new district, the Casino opens in spring 1863. Société des Bains de Mer, created by sovereign ordinance the same year, operates it.

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Sources & press coverage

Sources cited in Casino de Monte-Carlo's timeline

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