Suncoast’s new sportsbook opened Wednesday with a sentimental bet: longtime customer Cindy Ono put $100 on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers because she was a team cheerleader in the 1980s.

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It didn’t take long for others to wander into the former showroom space, placing bets at the counter and on kiosks and grabbing a booth to take in the 15.5-foot tall, 1,700 square feet of high-definition TVs displaying sports channels and bet menus at the Summerlin-area casino operated by Boyd Gaming.

“We built it to be an entertainment destination for local sports fans,” Steve Schutte, Boyd’s executive vice president of operations, said at the grand opening.