Expansion:
Total capital expenditure: $10.3 million
Food and beverage additions: A 384-seat Heritage Buffet, offering private dining and 7 food stations
Lodging additions: Remodeled 160 rooms, including 8 luxury suites and 32 upscale King spa room.
Other:
- Maintaining 4 diamond rating from AAA
Argosy Casino—Sioux City
Expansion:
Total capital expenditure: over $22 million
Additional floor space: 36,000 sq ft.
Gaming floor area: 24,000 sq. ft
Entertainment space: 12,000 sq. ft.
Remodeled floor space (on barge): 21,258 sq. ft.
Food and beverage floor area: 1,986 sq. ft., plus 360 sq. ft for patio
Estimated new jobs: 16
Estimated construction jobs: 110
Estimated additional wages/benefits: $250,000 annually
Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino – Altoona
Expansion:
Total capital expenditure: $60 million
Total floor space: 200,000 sq. ft.
Gaming floor area: 52,000 sq. ft.
Food and beverage floor area: 26,500 sq. ft.
Entertainment space: 28,400 sq. ft. (including a 14,300 sq. ft. multi-purpose facility)
Estimated construction jobs: over 150
Note: Square footage numbers are listed as estimates. Final design will be complete in February 2006.
Bluffs Run Casino & Greyhound Park—Council Bluffs
North of I-80 off exit 1B
Phone: 1-712-323-2500 www.harrahs.com
Expansion:
Total capital expenditure: $85 million
Total floor space: 133,000 sq. ft.
Gaming floor area: 68,000 sq. ft.
Food and beverage floor area: 60,000 sq. ft.
Entertainment space: 7,000 sq. ft.
Estimated new jobs: 300
Estimated construction jobs: 300
Estimated local tax impact: $1.4 million over 5 years (more than $50 million for the state by year-end 2010)
Other amenities being added or remodeled:
- New 1,000-car parking garage.
- 68 live table games, including a 18-table poker room and 1,900 slot and video poker machines (slated to open as Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs in March of 2006)
- 400-seat buffet featuring live-action food stations with cuisine from around the globe; 140-seat Jack Binion’s Steakhouse with a private dining area; an 80-seat JB’s Café featuring colossal sandwiches, salads and desserts; and a 300-seat bar and entertainment venue – expandable to 500 seats for special events – located just off the casino floor.
Dubuque Park & Casino—Dubuque
North on Hwy. 151/61 at the Dubuque/WI Bridge
Expansion:
Total capital expenditure: $25 million
Total floor space: 46,000 sq. ft.
Gaming floor area: 30,000 sq. ft.
Other:
- 25,000 sq. ft. of floor space is being remodeled, including 3,000 sq. ft. designated to food and beverage.
Expansion:
Total capital expenditure: $43 million
Lodging additions: 11-story, 180-room hotel
Parking additions: 513-space garage
Estimated new jobs: 220 hotel jobs
Estimated construction jobs: 400
Other:
- New parking garage will free up 5 acres of riverfront surface parking area for green space and allows uninterrupted pedestrian access to and along the river’s edge
Isle of Capri – Bettendorf
East of I-74 off exit 4
Expansion:
Total capital expenditure: $40 million
Lodging addition: 258-room hotel tower
Parking addition: New level to existing parking garage (500 spaces)
Estimated construction jobs: over 300
Other amenities:
- New Food and Beverage venues
- Climate controlled skywalk connecting to hotel towers, casino, parking garage, event center and downtown Bettendorf
Isle of Capri—Marquette
Expansion:
Total capital expenditure: $12.6 million
Total floor space: 50,000 sq. ft.
Lodging: 54 additional rooms
Estimated construction jobs: 47
Estimated new jobs: 17 hotel jobs
Estimated wages/benefits generated by the jobs: $500,000 annually
Other amenities being added or remodeled:
- 3,000 sq. ft. of floor space is being remodeled and is designated for food and beverage
Terrible’s Lakeside Casino—Osceola
Total capital expenditure: $15 million
Gaming: 1,000 new coinless slot machines
Other amenities being added or remodeled:
- Add an escalator
- Remodel the casino’s interior
- Erected a 132-foot tall, $1 million glitzy, Las Vegas-style sign
- Upgrade food service
- Add new promotions
- Convert nearby convenience store to Terrible’s brand and offer discount gasoline
No expansion plans at this time
No expansion plans at this time
Mississippi Belle II – Clinton
On the Mississippi River at Riverview Drive
