floating casinos

Morley is still working on designing a mooring system to keep the ship in place, and also plans to reuse some of the riverboat casino's assets like the pathway onto the ship. The casino had a 24/7 staff, but the LST will need to use a passive mooring system that keeps the ship in place when people aren't ...

The ferry will be operated by Rising Star Casino, as it seeks to make it easier for northern Kentucky customers to get to the riverboat casino. Plans were first announced in 2015. Rising Sun Mayor Brent Bascom says the city council will vote on approval of an operating license for the Ohio River ferry boat.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Adding a note of finality to litigation, the owners of the former Argosy Sioux City riverboat casino stood before Iowa gaming ... Belle stopped making the revenue-sharing payments -- 3 percent of the boat's adjusted gross revenues -- to MRHD in May 2013, seven months after it ...

Port Canaveral, located on Florida's Atlantic coast, is undertaking a series of projects each designed to meet the growing demand on the port's cargo and passenger facilities. One of Florida's newer deepwater harbors, Port Canaveral is a man-made facility created in the early 1950s. Originally envisioned ...

Tropical Breeze is not aware of any claim that has been denied to date, but cannot comment on the validity of any individual claim." "I just think they should accept responsibility. We were on their boat and the damn thing burned at the waterline. Anybody that was injured or have loss of property, they should ...

A bill that would allow Louisiana's 15 floating casinos to operate land side has been at least temporarily derailed in the state Senate by key African-American lawmakers who seem intent on sending a signal to the sponsor of the casino legislation. The Black Caucus members lawmakers are unhappy that ...

Like the riverboat casinos on the Mississippi River, the Point Molate casino will be on a boat accessed by the Point Molate pier. Instead of a traditional riverboat, the Point Molate casino will take the form of a pirate ship. To keep the casino out of Richmond entirely, the Marin County and Contra Costa Boards ...

CINCINNATI - July 4 is the target date for the next big splash at Rising Star Casino, which is close to securing final permits for an Ohio River ferry that can haul more than 100 Northern Kentucky gamblers an hour to the region's smallest gaming facility. “It's a pretty a big deal for us,” said Daniel Lee, CEO of ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (KWQC) - A riverboat burning in Memphis may look familiar to us in the Quad Cities. It's the former Rhythm City Casino boat. Fire crews were called to the scene of a riverboat fire Thursday night. Local officials say the blaze broke out on McKellar Lake as scrap workers were tearing down ...

It was the latest stage in a long strange trip for the former Rhythm City Casino from Davenport, Iowa. Memphis Riverboats originally wanted to use the former casino boat to host weddings, proms and other events near its other boats on the Beale Street Landing. But after a dispute with the Riverfront ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A riverboat that has been parked for weeks on McKellar Lake near President's Island caught fire Thursday afternoon. The Coast Guard made contact and told FOX13 the old casino boat was not moving or planning to move when the fire sparked. Fire officials confirmed with FOX13 it was ...

Viking launched its first oceangoing ship in 2015 and now has four ships in that fleet, with more in the works. ... They tend to be destination-oriented ships rather than floating resorts. ... Its ships don't have casinos, so there are no slot machine bells ringing, no shrieking over the spin of a roulette wheel.

The boat will cruise past Deer Island and the Biloxi Lighthouse before picking up speed for the hour-long trip to Ship Island, with birds and sometimes ... White was harbormaster at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino and operated the Lucky Duck amphibious boat tours for about a year before Hurricane ...

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She went on casino boats at the Island Breeze Casino in Port Richey for years and never worried about safety when she got on the boat. But that changed on the day she almost died. Within minutes of pulling away from the dock, smoke poured from the engine room of the 24-year-old Island Lady shuttle ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Megan and Chad Dempsey adored their mom, Carrie. She was their world. They loved everything about their mother. They loved her hearty laugh, her cooking and her scent as she held them close when she hugged them. They loved her smile, beaming back at them during ...

Sponsors of two bills sought by owners of floating casinos continue to lack the votes they need to pass the measures in the state Senate. ... Among the 15 boats are three in Baton Rouge (the Hollywood Casino, the Belle and L'Auberge – all on the Mississippi River) and two in Jefferson Parish (the Treasure ...

Open year round, the casino boats offer many of your favorite games, including craps, blackjack, roulette, 3 card poker, Let-It-Ride and a large selection of slot machines. The boat sails 3 miles out into international waters for game play. The ships are docked along the Little River waterfront and depart twice ...

Both boats were built with Title XI loan guarantees and were turned over to Marad after the 2008 collapse of Majestic America Line. In August 2016 American Queen bought the 280'6″x87'x14′ Iowa casino boat Bettendorf Capri and turned it into the 314'x100'x14′ luxury riverboat American Duchess ...

The casino boat has shut down on at least five occasions because of flooding, the last time in 2011. back then, guests were evacuated from their beds as waters began to rise around the floating gaming venue. Closures since 2000, not including the one this week, have cost the casino an estimated $14.7 ...

The casino downriver from Louisville on Ind. 111 in Harrison County, Indiana, was closed due to rising flood waters on the Ohio River last Thursday morning ... The boat has shut down at least five times due to high water, with the last bad floods coming in 2011 when visitors were roused from their beds and ...