Bally's Quad Cities, formerly Jumer's Casino & Hotel, is a
casino hotel in
Rock Island, Illinois
Rock Island is a city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The original Rock Island, from which the city name is derived, is now called Rock Island Arsenal, Arsenal Island. The popul ...
, part of the
Quad Cities area. It is owned and operated by
Bally's Corporation. The casino has about of gaming space, with 1,000
slot machines, 18 table games, and a poker room. It is one of the largest land-based casinos in the state of Illinois.
Bally's was voted the Quad Cities' #1 casino according to a poll conducted by the ''Quad City Times''.
History
In June 2002, the Illinois House of Representatives gives Jumer's Casino Rock Island permission to move away from downtown Rock Island to a site near the intersection of Interstate 280 and
Illinois 92
Illinois Route 92 (IL 92 or Route 92) is an east–west state highway in northwest Illinois. It runs from the Norbert F. Beckey Bridge across the Mississippi River where it meets the eastern end of Iowa Highway 92, east to U.S. Route 34 ...
. In October 2007, Jumer's Casino Rock Island broke ground on a $151 million land-based casino, hotel and banquet center, and on December 1, 2008, Jumer's opened its new Las Vegas-style casino and hotel in southwest Rock Island. The 43,000-square-foot casino has about 1,000 slots and 18 table games as well as a live poker room and a high-limit slots area. The complex includes a 205-room hotel with 11 luxury suites, an event center, a nightclub and four restaurants. DJ's Steakhouse is named after the company's founder, D. James Jumer.
The 2011 Best of Gaming results were published in the magazine's August edition. Jumer's was voted best in 11 separate categories for the
Northern Illinois region.
In 2011, the Jumer family sold the property to
Delaware North for $180 million.
In June 2021, Delaware North sold Jumer's to
Bally's Corporation for $120 million. The property was rebranded as Bally's Quad Cities in September 2021.
Gaming and Leisure Properties
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in casino properties, based in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. It was formed in November 2013 as a corporate spin-off from Penn National Gaming. The company owns ...
purchased the real estate of Bally's Quad Cities in a
leaseback
Leaseback, short for "sale-and-leaseback", is a financial transaction in which one sells an asset and leases it back for the long term; therefore, one continues to be able to use the asset but no longer owns it. The transaction is generally done f ...
transaction in April 2022.
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Casinos in Illinois
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Casino hotels
Casinos completed in 2008