DraftKings at Casino Queen Announces $10 Million Expansion Project
Work has started on an enlargement throw at the DraftKings at Casino Queen inward Orient St. Louis, Ill., according to a statement from the cassino released on Tuesday.
The $10 jillion externalize includes a young sportsbook on with dining options. A mall will feature film a nutrient court of law with deuce-ace fast-food offerings as easily as a full-service restaurant.
The projection is expected to follow fill in within sestet months.
At 30,000 second power feet, the enlargement will dish up as a important increase to the facility. The cassino itself accompanies 38,000 square up feet, with nearly 1,000 one-armed bandit machines and 29 tabulate games.
Casino officials said the expansion, which will follow located just now “steps away” from the gambling casino according to a release, will feature a DraftKings retail sportsbook intentional to live an magnet with lounge-style seating room and large high-definition televisions.
The full-service restaurant testament offer up breakfast, lunch, and dinner party options on with a bar.
JCJ Architecture is DraftKings at Casino Queen’s plan partner on the project. The firm’s work inward gaming includes Resorts World New York City, Resorts World Catskills, the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, Lucius Annaeus Seneca Niagara, and Lucius Annaeus Seneca Allegany.
Sports Betting Behind Expansion
Terry Downey, chair and CEO of Casino Queen Holding, Inc., said sports betting helped crowd the expansion.
Sports wagering has greatly elevated Prairie State gaming and we are creating an environs at DraftKings at Casino Queen to fascinate that excitement,” Downey said in a statement. “Through our partnership with DraftKings, a cutting-edge sportsbook, and exceptional new dining experiences, we testament soon extend a gaming destination that is unmatched inward this region.”
Originally naturalized as the Casino Queen in 1993, the prescribed call changed in conclusion July to comprise the casino’s sports betting partner into the branding. That was necessary due to the expanded gaming natural law Illinois lawmakers passsed in 2019. That requires licensees to proffer wandering sports wagering below the casino’s brand.
Fairmont Park in nearby Collinsville made a similar go as the cart track rebranded itself to FanDuel Sportsbook and Horse Racing.
Latest Move for Casino Queen Holdings
The expansion is simply the latest investment funds made by Casino Queen Holding.
In December, the society bought ii casinos in Baton Rouge, La. On Dec. 1, it in agreement(p) to purchase the Belle of Baton Rouge from Caesars Entertainment. In that deal, Casino Queen bought the gaming assets and trading operations as Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (GLPI) maintained ownership of the existent estate.
Two weeks later, Casino Queen purchased the trading operations of Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge from GLPI. In exchange, Casino Queen in agreement(p) to take the Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge and DraftKings at Casino Queen from GLPI for 15 years with quartet five-year optional extensions.
The holdings society also owns Casino Queen Marquette in Iowa.