Bally's Shreveport Casino & Hotel is a

casino hotel A casino hotel is an establishment consisting of a casino with temporary lodging provided in an on-premises hotel. Customers receive the benefits of both gambling facilities and lodging. Since the casino and hotel are located on the same premis ...

Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, Lo ...

. It is owned by

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 ow ...

and operated by

Bally's Corporation Bally's Corporation is an American gambling, betting, and interactive entertainment company headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. In the US it operates 19 casinos across 11 states, a horse track in Colorado, a golf course in New York, and ...

. The casino has over 1,100

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s and 50 live-action table games. The

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has 403 rooms and in an 18-story tower.

History

The casino hotel opened as Hollywood Casino Shreveport in December 2000 as the fifth

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in the Shreveport-Bossier City market. The casino, at its opening, featured a 30,000 square foot casino with a 14 floor hotel and multiple restaurants. It cost $230 million to construct and was originally owned Hollywood Casino Corporation. In 2004, Hollywood Casino Corporation filed for

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. In 2005, the casino was bought by Eldorado Resorts, Inc., now Caesars Entertainment, Inc., for $154 million. After being purchased, the casino underwent

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s. A few months later, it was rebranded as Eldorado Resort Casino Shreveport. On April 24, 2020, Twin River Worldwide Holdings, now

, announced its intention to purchase Eldorado Resort Casino Shreveport and other Caesars Entertainment properties. In December 2020, Bally's Corporation completed its acquisition of the property for $165 million. In November 2021, the casino resort was renamed to its current name, Bally's Shreveport Casino & Hotel. Bally's sold the land and buildings of Bally's Shreveport in 2024 to

for $120 million in a sale-and-leaseback deal.{{cite press release, title=Gaming and Leisure Properties completes previously announced $395 million sale leaseback transaction with Bally’s for Kansas City and Shreveport properties, publisher=Gaming and Leisure Properties, date=December 17, 2024, url=https://investors.glpropinc.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gaming-and-leisure-properties-completes-previously-announced-395, access-date=2025-02-20

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External links

* https://casinos.ballys.com/shreveport/ Casinos in Louisiana Shreveport, Louisiana Casino hotels in Louisiana

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