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In 1980, Baton Rouge oilman and philanthropist C. B. "Doc" Pennington and his wife, Irene, provided $125 million to fund construction of the nutritional research center. With a U.S. Department of Defense contract and funding from the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Governor Buddy Roemer proclaimed the official opening of the Center in 1988.
Formerly Hollywood Casino, Eldorado Casino Belle of Baton Rouge: Baton Rouge: East Baton Rouge: Louisiana: Riverboat: Formerly Argosy Casino. Boomtown Bossier City:
L'Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge is a casino in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The casino opened in September 2012, [1] and has 74,000 square feet (6,900 m 2) of gaming space. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment. The casino has 1,500 slot machines, 50 table games, and a poker room.
L'Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles is a casino hotel in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment. L'Auberge employs over 2,400 people, [1] and has nearly 1,000 hotel rooms. [2] It regularly draws in 400,000 visitors a month. [3]
The merger raised antitrust concerns because Penn National, which already owned Casino Rouge, would gain a monopoly on casinos in Baton Rouge. [51] In order to expedite approval for the merger from federal and state regulators, Penn National put the Argosy Baton Rouge up for sale. [52] Columbia Sussex agreed to buy the property for $150 million ...
The casino consists of over 800 slot machines and 11 table games in its 30,000 square feet of gaming space. Amelia Belle uses Boyd's "B Connected" players card, linked to many other properties. There are two restaurants, The Cajun Buffet and the Bayou Cafe. The casino is open Monday through Thursday 9am-4am, and then 24 hours a day on the weekend.
In November 2004, Penn National Gaming acquired it for $2.2 billion in cash creating the third largest casino operator in the United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The merger raised antitrust concerns because Penn National, which already owned Casino Rouge, would gain a monopoly on casinos in Baton Rouge. [ 4 ]
Boomtown New Orleans (formerly Boomtown Westbank) is a casino hotel located on the West Bank of Jefferson Parish in Harvey, Louisiana. It is on a 54-acre (220,000 m 2) site. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment.