Casino Queen Marquette is a
riverboat casino
A riverboat casino is a type of casino on a riverboat found in several states in the United States with frontage on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, or along the Gulf Coast. Several states authorized this type of casino in order to en ...
located in
Marquette, Iowa
Marquette is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 429 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 421 in 2000. The city, which is located on the Mississippi River, is named after Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette, who al ...
(across the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...
from
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien () is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,506 at the 2020 census. Its ZIP Code is 53821.
Often referred to as Wisconsin's second oldest city, Prairie du Chien was esta ...
) that is owned and operated by
CQ Holdings CQ may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''CQ'' (film), a 2001 film
* '' La CQ'', a Cartoon Network sitcom
* Cinémathèque québécoise, a Montreal film museum
People
* CQ (playwright) or C. Quintana, a Cuban-American playwright, poet, and w ...
. The riverboat, named Miss Marquette, is located by a site that also contains an enclosed pavilion, providing dining on the first floor and an entertainment showroom/banquet area on the second floor.
Currently offering 566 slot machines featuring a variety of games and 8 tables games.
History
The Miss Marquette riverboat in
Marquette, Iowa
Marquette is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 429 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 421 in 2000. The city, which is located on the Mississippi River, is named after Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette, who al ...
was bought from
Sodak Gaming
Sodak Gaming, Inc. was a gaming company based in Rapid City, South Dakota that distributed slot machines to Indian casinos and financed casino projects. It was acquired by International Game Technology (IGT) in 1999 for $230 million.
History
Soda ...
in November 1999 for $41.67 million. Shortly after, on October 6, 2000, Isle of Capri agreed to acquire the ''Miss Marquette'' riverboat for $47.7 million. The riverboat, ''Miss Marquette'', was acquired from the Isle of Capri Casinos in 2000, and re-branded as the ''Isle of Capri Marquette''. In December 2008 the ''Miss Marquette'' riverboat was approaching a Lady Luck re-brand. A few months later, March 2009, the exterior re-branding of the ''Miss Marquette'' riverboat was completed. Later in the year, August 2009, the completion of the Lady Luck re-brand was near.
On October 13, 2016 Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc announced the sale of its Lady Luck branded casino property in
Marquette, Iowa
Marquette is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 429 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 421 in 2000. The city, which is located on the Mississippi River, is named after Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette, who al ...
to Casino Queen, or CQ Holdings Company Inc for an estimated amount of $40 million. After a few months, on March 13, 2017, the Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc completed the announced sell of Lady Luck Casino Marquette property to Casino Queen for an estimated amount of $50 million in redemption of its outstanding debt.
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External links
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2000 establishments in Iowa