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River City Casino was a twin riverboat casino complex (Grand Palais and Crescent City Queen) in New Orleans, Louisiana, located one block upriver from New Orleans Morial Convention Center.

For the first time ever, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board on Thursday approved a “riverboat” casino’s request to move inland. Regulators hope the owners of the Isle of Capri in Lake Charles will set a new standard for the state’s slumping gaming sector. “I’d like to congratulate y’all for being number one and setting the bar,” Julie Berry, a Gaming Control Board member who. Best Casino Hotels in New Orleans on Tripadvisor: Find 9,907 traveler reviews, 1,128 candid photos, and prices for 5 casino hotels in New Orleans, LA. New Orleans Riverboat Casino Terminal is a Louisiana Trade Name filed on October 25, 1993. The company's filing status is listed as Inactive and its File Number is 51-2113.The company's principal address is 111 Rue Iberville, Ste.

It was the brainchild of Christopher Hemmeter (operating the Grand Palais riverboat) with a 50/50 joint venture with Capital Gaming International (operating the Crescent City Queen riverboat). The two riverboat complex partially circumvented Louisiana state law (repealed in 2001) requiring riverboat gaming vessels to make the required 90-minute cruise once every three-hour period weather permitting. There would always be at least one vessel docked while the other would sail so patrons would never have to wait in line to board a gaming vessel. The riverboats opened for only nine weeks from March 29 - June 13, 1995.^[1] The terminal building complex was still in the ongoing interior construction phase when casino revenue was far below projections, additional funding was not secured and work was abruptly halted with construction tools, blueprints and materials left in place.

Bankruptcy[edit]

The riverboats and its licenses were eventually sold off and transferred to other companies. Isle of Capri in Lake Charles acquired the Grand Palais (with license) in 1996. Isle's parent company, Casino America paid $55 million for the Grand Palais Riverboat in January 1996, with a package of cash, notes, stock, warrants, and by assuming $10 million of Grand Palais' existing liabilities.^[2]Boomtown New Orleans acquired the Crescent City Queen riverboat without license in 1998 (renamed as Boomtown Belle II) to replace the smaller Boomtown Belle riverboat. Crescent City Queen's gaming license was transferred in 1996 to Casino Magic, which then operated a docked riverboat casino in Bossier City, later renamed Boomtown Bossier City. Boomtown's parent company, Pinnacle Entertainment revived the River City Casino name for its newest property in the St. Louis, Missouri area when it opened in March 2010.

Current status of riverboat terminal complex[edit]

After being shuttered since its closure in June 1995, the terminal building complex was acquired by Mardi Gras World owner Barry Kern in early 2008 and became one of the venue offerings of Mardi Gras World (New Orleans tour attraction and events venue).^[3][4][5] The acquisition more than quadrupled Mardi Gras World's event space. After more than 13 years of dormancy, the River City Complex finally saw new life during the Krewe of Boo inaugural parade on Halloween night 2008. It was also the site of the Gulf Aid benefit concert with Lenny Kravitz as the headlining act during the BP oil spill crisis on May 16, 2010. Since then, the River City Complex has become New Orleans' premiere event venue and has hosted events for the NFL, Microsoft, Lexus and more.

In popular culture[edit]

The Crescent City Queen riverboat was featured in an episode of the USA Network TV series The Big Easy in 1996 while it was still docked at the shuttered River City Casino terminal complex. The interior of the CCQ was also used in the pilot episode of the short lived CBS TV series Orleans starring Larry Hagman in 1997. In the movie Déjà Vu, the white terminal complex could be briefly seen in the background with a cruise ship docked next to it in the scene where Denzel Washington and Val Kilmer investigate the Canal Street Ferry explosion underneath the Crescent City Connection bridge.

References[edit]

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1. ^http://www.businessweek.com/archives/1995/b3446105.arc.htm
2. ^Jones, Dow (3 January 1996). 'COMPANY NEWS;CASINO AMERICA TO BUY ANOTHER RIVERBOAT CASINO'. New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
3. ^http://blog.nola.com/tpmoney/2008/01/mardi_gras_world_plans_expansi.html
4. ^http://wwl.com/pages/1957621.php?
5. ^http://blog.nola.com/tpmoney/2009/01/blaine_kern_studios_will_open.html

External links[edit]

• Hemmeter Companies > River City past project portfolio
• New Orleans Virtual Archive: River City Casino (Tulane University School of Architecture)
• River City Casino: Grand Palais casino chips (ChipGuide.com)
• River City Casino: Crescent City Queen casino chips (ChipGuide.com)
• Satellite view of the former River City Casino riverboat terminal complex in New Orleans, Louisiana (Google Maps)
• Satellite view of the Grand Palais riverboat (now docked at The Isle of Capri Lake Charles Casino in Westlake, Louisiana) (Google Maps)
• Satellite view of the former Crescent City Queen riverboat (now docked at Boomtown New Orleans Casino as Boomtown Belle II in Harvey, Louisiana) (Google Maps)

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This is a list of casinos in Louisiana.

List of casinos[edit]

Slot Payback Percentages[edit]

Slot payback percentages are acquired yearly from American Casino Guide Book. Louisiana state gaming laws require that casino machines must payback a minimum of 80% and a maximum of 99.9%.^[5]

Gallery[edit]

• Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall

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See also[edit]

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References[edit]

1. ^http://louisiana.casinocity.com/casinos/
2. ^B. Drummond Ayres Jr. (October 14, 1997). 'In New Orleans, the house loses'. New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
3. ^Steve Green (November 4, 2009). 'Appeals court sides with Harrah's, Pinnacle in Louisiana case'. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
4. ^'Louisiana's first riverboat heading for Texas border'. The Paris News. AP. March 14, 1995. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
5. ^'Slot Machine Payback Statistics'. American Casino Guide Book. Retrieved 2020-08-05.

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