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Laclede's Landing (/ l ə ˌ k l iː d z-/), colloquially "the Landing", is a small urban historic district in St. Louis, Missouri.It marks the northern part of the original settlement founded by the Frenchman Pierre Laclède, whose landing on the riverside the placename commemorates. [2]
Laclede's Landing station is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. [2] This elevated station is located in downtown St. Louis near Laclede's Landing. The Gateway Arch seen from Laclede's Landing. The station is known for its historic brickwork that frames the Gateway Arch from the platform level. [3]
The casino was part of Pinnacle's two-casino Lumiere Place complex at Laclede's Landing (although Pinnacle in 2008 was reported to be considering moving it north to the Chain of Rocks Bridge). The 73,500 sq ft (6,830 m 2) casino featured 756 slots and twenty table games. On June 24, 2010 the President Casino closed for good.
The company was founded in 1991 by Pittsburgh millionaire John E. Connelly, who owned the Gateway Clipper Fleet and SS Admiral.Its riverboat casino The President in Davenport, Iowa, which opened in April 1991, was one of the first modern riverboat casinos in the Midwest and South after they started becoming legal.
Mississippi Nights was a music club in St. Louis, Missouri.It opened on October 11, 1976 [2] and was located at 914 N 1st Street, on the western bank of the Mississippi River, four blocks north of the Gateway Arch in Laclede's Landing.
Legend has it that St. Louis was founded on Saint Valentine's Day of 1764. [citation needed] In the 1770 census of Spanish Illinois, Laclede is listed as the owner of seven enslaved Native Americans. [1] The St. Louis downtown riverfront area is named Laclede's Landing in his honor.
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St. Louis skyline, seen from across the Mississippi River. One Metropolitan Square, pictured at night, designed by the architects Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum.. The skyline of St. Louis is home to some of the most architecturally significant buildings in the United States, from its eye catching Gateway Arch to its beautiful granite facade, copper roofed One Metropolitan Square.