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Belle of Baton Rouge Casino moving onto land; American Cruise Lines will use old dock
Posted on 9/15/22 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 9/15/22 at 2:50 pm
I'm a little confused as to the logic of forcing casinos onto boats to begin with (except for that one in New Orleans).
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Belle of Baton Rouge casino plans $35 million move onto land, will create 200 jobs
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The Belle of Baton Rouge is set to become the second local riverboat casino to move onto land after the Louisiana Gaming Control Board Thursday unanimously approved a $35 million plan to relocate its gambling operations.
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Along with relocating the casino, the Belle will open a café and an oyster bar/bistro in the atrium, said Terry Downey, president and CEO of CQ Holding Company, the casino’s parent company.
Downey told the gaming board that the first time he saw the casino atrium, he got “very excited”.
“We think it has unlimited potential,” he said.
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The casino applied for demolition permits and has committed $1.35 million to interior hotel work in advance of the gaming commission vote, Downey said.
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The renovations at the Belle will help the casino recapture some of the business it lost as a result of the smoking ban and bring in visitors to the city, Stagg said.
Another source of new customers could be riverboat cruise ship passengers. American Cruise Lines has sent the casino a letter of intent to use the current dock when its boats cruises call on Baton Rouge, Stagg said. This will bring in visitors to the Belle, because the riverboats dock for 10 hours.
A landside expansion has been underway at Hollywood Casino since August 2021. The casino, which is also owned by CQ Holdings, is set to move onto land by late spring.
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Posted on 9/15/22 at 2:51 pm to goofball
just when you think crawfish prices couldn't go any higher.
Posted on 9/15/22 at 2:53 pm to goofball
Hopefully they build a decent poker room. The one at Lauberge is terrible. Only 5 tables, and almost 3 hr long waitlist on the weekends if you want to play 1/3 NL.
Posted on 9/15/22 at 2:53 pm to goofball
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I'm a little confused as to the logic of forcing casinos onto boats to begin with (except for that one in New Orleans
Because the legislature thought the boats would actually cruise.
This place is supposed to have a Big Chicken restaurant
Posted on 9/15/22 at 2:54 pm to goofball
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I'm a little confused as to the logic of forcing casinos onto boats to begin with (except for that one in New Orleans).
You and everyone else. Ultimately I doubt there was any real logic to it (because Louisiana) beyond nebulous bible-thumping morality reasons or the ability of someone's brother to make money as a "captain" of the boat. I'm sure the extra layer of bureaucracy required to keep the boat in the water was a field day for some legislator's dream of additional fees and permits.
This post was edited on 9/15/22 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:04 pm to Bonkers119
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Hopefully they build a decent poker room. The one at Lauberge is terrible. Only 5 tables, and almost 3 hr long waitlist on the weekends if you want to play 1/3 NL.
So true about Lauberge.
But I doubt Belle adds a poker room, it didn’t even have craps tables. It was a shite hole on water.
Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:09 pm to Tigerbait7
I've only played Lauberge a few times. I usually drive the hour to NOLA if I'm trying to play poker. I get sat quickly, and the action is better.
Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:32 pm to Indefatigable
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You and everyone else. Ultimately I doubt there was any real logic to it (because Louisiana) beyond nebulous bible-thumping morality reasons or the ability of someone's brother to make money as a "captain" of the boat. I'm sure the extra layer of bureaucracy required to keep the boat in the water was a field day for some legislator's dream of additional fees and permits.
Louisiana wasn't the only or even the first state to do this, actually. Iowa was first followed by Illinois and Louisiana. The reasoning given was in order to enable gambling but limit the areas where casinos could be constructed. It was also argued it would limit their geographical and social impact while providing income for the state.
Posted on 9/15/22 at 3:34 pm to goofball
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I'm a little confused as to the logic of forcing casinos onto boats to begin with
LoL. I was around for that and most of the posters are right. Originally the boats cruised which was to satisfy the church people that they were restricting the gambling to the waterway and keeping it off land. It was quaint and "historical". Plus the RiverPilots Union got new jobs. Then they waited a bit until people weren't looking and changed the law to allow gambling "between the cruise hours". Because you used to have to stop gambling once you reached dock. Once you could gamble between cruises, they kept "finding" reasons they couldn't cruise. Weather, something on the boat was "broken", etc. Finally they just stopped cruising. Of course, they still had to keep a River Captain on board at full salary 24 hours a day just in case. Now we have progressed to putting the casinos on land.
What a charade. How many years did it take to finally just put the casinos on land where they should have been in the first place?
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