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Belterra Casino Resort & Spa is a riverboat casino on the Ohio River in Switzerland County, Indiana near Florence, roughly halfway between Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Boyd Gaming .
Harrah's Metropolis is a riverboat casino located on the Ohio River in Metropolis, Illinois.It opened in 1993 as Players Island, a joint venture between Players International and show business impresario Merv Griffin as one of the state's first casinos.
The 2013 River Downs meet was moved to Beulah Park as the racing oval and grandstand were torn down to be relocated closer to the barn area. In October 2013, Pinnacle renamed River Downs as Belterra Park. [4] In October 2018, Boyd Gaming purchased the property from Pinnacle, along with three other casinos. [5]
Casinos were prohibited in Ohio before 2009, so gamblers instead visited casinos in Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Michigan where they were permitted. In November 2009, Ohio voters approved a measure that would allow for four casinos to be established in the state, one each in Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo. The casinos ...
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The Belle of Cincinnati is an American sternwheel riverboat. She was built in 1991, originally named Emerald Lady and was used as a floating casino in Burlington, Iowa. [1] The boat is currently owned by BB Riverboats and operates from Newport, Kentucky on the Ohio River. [2] Newport is across the river from Cincinnati, the namesake of the boat ...
In 2018, construction began on a land-based casino to replace the riverboat. On December 9, 2019, the riverboat was permanently closed. On December 12, 2019, a $90-million 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m 2) land-based casino replaced the riverboat after 18 months of construction. The property's name was changed to Caesars Southern Indiana to ...
The casino was originally named Argosy Casino, and was operated by Argosy Gaming Company.In 2004, Argosy was acquired by Penn National Gaming (now Penn Entertainment).. In June 2009, Penn National unveiled a much larger riverboat with a passenger capacity of nearly 9,000 guests and 4,400 gaming positions.