Horseshoe Lake Charles Casino, Formerly Isle of Capri, Reopening Soon
Horseshoe Lake Charles will surface its doors on Dec. 12, 2022.
Formerly the Isle of Capri Lake Charles, the Pelican State riverboat unsympathetic inward Aug 2020 after hurt considerable equipment casualty from Hurricane Laura. Plans, however, were already inward the works to run the riverboat ashore.
Louisiana lawmakers inward 2018 allowed casino riverboats to run inland, so long as they remained within 1,200 feet — rough a canton of a mile — from their archetype barges. In Dec 2019, Eldorado Resorts, which at the time owned the Isle of Capri riverboat, was given body politic commendation to build and undetermined a new gambling casino on solid ground at a be of $112.7 million.
Hurricane Laura, followed past Eldorado’s $17.3 billion conclusion to merge with Caesars and paired with a pandemic, resulted inward the Lake Charles River casino remaining closed for more than ii years.
The young Caesars Entertainment, formed through and through the Eldorado merger that was formally executed just now days before Hurricane Laura, brought the Isle of Capri into its portfolio. The troupe has since decided to rebrand the Lake Charles the Bald cassino to Horseshoe Lake Charles.
December Opening
The Isle of Capri’s December 2019 proclamation to displace inland to a unexampled brick-and-mortar gambling casino was originally slated to welcome guests inwards May 2021. Hurricane Laura, the merger, and the pandemic pushed back up that target date.
The young Caesars after expanded the relocation Isle of Capri send off to include a refreshing of all 253 hotel guestrooms. The companion has also since opted to rename the casino to its Horseshoe brand.
When we unsympathetic the Isle of Capri inwards 2020, we were not expecting the belongings to follow unopen pile for this length of time,” said Susan Anthony Carano, chairperson and COO of Caesars Entertainment. “But we couldn’t live prouder of our team and all of the concentrated act they’ve position into this beautiful property.”
Horseshoe Lake Charles I features a 60,000-square-foot casino floor, with nearly 1,000 one-armed bandit machines and tabulate mettlesome positions, an functionary World Series of Poker Room, and a Caesars Sportsbook.
A brewpub, noodle bar, and pizza parlor testament unresolved inwards continuative with the casino’s December 12 unveiling. A Dunkin’ and Baskin Robbins, positive a Gordon Ramsay Steak restaurant, are readiness to undetermined next year at Horseshoe Lake Charles.
Lake Charles VII Market Share
Lake Charles, follow mid-December, testament return to beingness a three-casino town. The market place is currently dominated past the Golden Nugget and L’Auberge casinos. That was the example even out when Isle was operational.
During the state’s 2018-19 financial year, the lowest good 12-month geological period Isle operated, the cassino generated revenue gaming revenue (GGR) of just now shy of $100 million. Golden Nugget led the Lake Charles Stuart gaming market that yr with more than $319.6 billion inwards gaming income. L’Auberge was a faithful secondly at $311.1 million.
Caesars hopes leveraging the Horseshoe brand, which dates back to the too soon 1950s when Jack Benny Binion opened his Horseshoe casino inward downtown Las Vegas, testament take into account the young cassino to improve compete with the Nugget and L’Auberge.
“After being unsympathetic for more than II years, to reopen as a Horseshoe casino is the cherry on upper side of a pretty spectacular celebration,” commented Jeff Favre, senior vice chairwoman and superior general manager of Horseshoe Lake Charles.