The burnt wreckage of the hotel was not by design; the hotel actually caught fire the day before filming at the hotel was to commence. The characters hotel room was just two rooms down from the fire.
Besides the hotel fire the production almost had another fire problem as there was a brush fire in the gorge working its way up to the Stonehenge monument. It stopped the day before filming and only feet away from the monument.
The original actress that was supposed to play the bartender did not show up for the 3 am call and could not be reached so an extra was quickly cast in the role instead.
This was the first film for The Smith Brothers (writer Ian Smith and director Tyson Smith) and producer C.K. Lichenstein II.
In both the casino and the casino's parking lot, music was constantly playing through overhead speakers. As they couldn't afford the rights, they had to either edit out the music or re-record the dialogue for these scenes.