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re: Belle of Baton Rouge looking to upgrade if riverboat casino law relaxed

Posted on 4/3/18 at 8:49 am to
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 4/3/18 at 8:49 am to
ok I forgot about the one in Kinder
Posted by Jp1LSU
Fiji
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Posted on 4/3/18 at 8:50 am to
Is casino rouge still there?
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
135363 posts
Posted on 4/3/18 at 8:57 am to
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That’s because if the measure passes, Las Vegas-based Tropicana Entertainment, which owns the Belle of Baton Rouge near the Mississippi River Bridge, has said it will invest heavily in upgrading and enhancing its 22-year-old facility.
Yeah, and Lucy won't pull the football away before Charlie Brown kicks it next time.....
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
43080 posts
Posted on 4/3/18 at 9:04 am to
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Yeah, and Lucy won't pull the football away before Charlie Brown kicks it next time.....


And your point that the casinos will promise the moon to get there way is spot on.

Their goal is to get as many of those slot machines up and running, and with butts in their seats. After that they'll tell you anything you want to hear.
Posted by JukeLeft
Member since Feb 2015
1005 posts
Posted on 4/3/18 at 9:47 am to
Margaritaville in Bossier City is on land? Am i wrong on that?
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
32421 posts
Posted on 4/3/18 at 11:03 am to
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Margaritaville in Bossier City is on land? Am i wrong on that?


It just seems like it is. The actual ‘gaming floor’ is on barges that are permantely moored so it appears to be on land but it is legal under the law. Laberge does the same thing in LC.
Posted by Jack Daniel
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Posted on 4/3/18 at 11:06 am to
A person in a casino at 3am should be depressed
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
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Posted on 4/3/18 at 11:07 am to
Can someone with more casino knowledge than me explain how there are terrestrial casinos in LA? Like what about Lauberge? Does part of it sit on water? Honestly never been there before
Posted by Florida225
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2008
2877 posts
Posted on 4/3/18 at 11:10 am to
Once you can’t smoke inside casinos anymore, on June 1st, the Belle and Hollywood are going to drive off, or sink.


Those places are absolute shitholes. Two of the worst casinos I’ve ever been to.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
60162 posts
Posted on 4/3/18 at 11:20 am to
Is the Edwards clan gonna sell pills out of their casino too?
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 4/3/18 at 11:24 am to
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venues that could be utilized not only casino patrons over 21 but by families as well.”


You know how you can tell when casino people are full of shite? When they pretend to care about anything that doesn’t directly involve people gambling. Family venues don’t contribute to gaming. Vegas knows that after the failed “family friendly” experiment of the 90’s and the corporations know that.
Posted by Loungefly85
Lafayette
Member since Jul 2016
7930 posts
Posted on 4/3/18 at 11:26 am to
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It's an Indian owned casino as is one in Kinder, one in St. Mary's parish and I think one other.


Choctaw Pines in Grant Parish.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
103898 posts
Posted on 4/3/18 at 12:02 pm to
I thought the casinos on the ms river here in MS were shitty until I stayed at the Belle one weekend for a MSU-LSU game.

Man what a shithole
Posted by BRIllini07
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2015
3211 posts
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:37 pm to
Belle and Hollywood need to do something once you disallow smoking in Casinos. I'm happy to see some sign of Belle/Tropicana trying to improve to compete with L'auberge, even if dangling the legislative carrot is all BS.

I'd rather them compete than pay for advertising whining about a new casino, like they did when L'auberge was going for the permit.
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
58629 posts
Posted on 4/3/18 at 1:49 pm to
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Can someone with more casino knowledge than me explain how there are terrestrial casinos in LA?
the only terrestrial Casino on land, not owned bu Indians. is Harrahs in NOLA.

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Like what about Lauberge? Does part of it sit on water? Honestly never been there before


all other casinos are technically on floating vessels. Lauberge BR is a barge sitting on piles designed to lift off the piles if the river were to get high enough. Funny think is for the barge to lift off the piles the river would have to overtop the levee. I believe it is a foot or 2 over the height of the levee.
Posted by Tigers4Lyfe
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 4/3/18 at 3:19 pm to
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The law was an attempt to control where a casino could go. They didn't want casinos to be able to just be built anywhere.
.Couldn't you just as well limit where it goes over land as you could water?
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