A company called "du Casino d'Allevard les Bains" was formed at that time for its operation. In 1925 the architect Guénard carried out a complete overhaul of the building and its original decoration. The guests can find all the classic fun of this kind of establishment (boule, roulette, baccarat and small theatre). The new Allevard casino opened in 1994 and changed ownership in 2000. Sports TTG (Grésivaudan Table Tennis Club), a Table Tennis Club for the communes of Le Touvet, Allevard, La Terrasse, and Lumbin. Local event Saint-Michel market - once a fair Held on the nearest Thursday to 29 September, the date is linked to that of the descent from alpine pastures giving rise to a large festival day where the cows were decorated with leaves, wild flowers, and branches. "At Saint-Michel the Allevardins pay their debts" to notaries who, on that day, officiate outside the doors of the inns. Those who could not fulfill them had an additional period of one month to finalise the debt (the "Return of Saint-Michel") before entering. The traditional dish always served in all restaurants on this occasion is the calf's head. "Allevard had the reputation of being a land of plenty. Foreigners were received with open arms and without ostentation. No party, no meeting had a place without dancing. The violins come out from the neighborhood and on special occasions from Grenoble ... Once a violin appears in Allevard people gathered in the house where it is received. Each brought his supper" (Bouffier 1846). Notable people linked to the commune Étienne Albrieux (1891-1962), painter. Paulin de Barral, a libertine who was used as a model for the character of Valmont in Les Liaisons dangereuses by his cousin Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Jean Béranger, skier, husband of Christine Goitschel, from the hamlet of Montouvrard and former coach of the French team Jean Guerre Dumolard, lawyer and politician, writer from Lyon, born in Allevard. Estelle Dubeuf, wife of Fornier, born in 1797, daughter of the forge director Paulin de Barral and granddaughter of the Allevardin notary Nicolas Gautier du Replat was the first and last love of Hector Berlioz. Bernard Niepce, doctor, cousin of Nicéphore Niépce, inspector of waters of Allevard and inventor of cold inhalations, between 1848 and 1882. Eugene Charrière (1805-1885), ironmaster, developed the manufacture of steel for the railways and the Navy at Allevard. Olivier Billaz, born in Allevard in 1856,