Harrah's North Kansas City is a
hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...
and
casino
A casino is a facility for certain types of gambling. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships, and other tourist attractions. Some casinos are also known for hosting live entertai ...
in
North Kansas City
North Kansas City is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States. It is also enclaved in Kansas City. Even though the name is similar to its larger counterpart, Kansas City, it is an independent municipality part of the Kansas City metropo ...
,
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
. Located just north of
Kansas City on the
Missouri River, it has more than 1,800
slot machines
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, table games, and video games, and six restaurants.
History
It opened just north of
Kansas City on the
Missouri River as a
carnival
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-themed
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 e ...
.
Winning Streaks opened as a $1.4 million sports bar in Harrah's North Kansas City Hotel and Casino in January 2017. It referenced the name of the sports bar in the casino when it had opened - however, that space had later been occupied by I Love This Bar & Grill by
Toby Keith
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, and then the 810 Zone, which closed in 2016.
In June 2019,
Eldorado Resorts
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., formerly Eldorado Resorts, Inc., is an American hotel and casino entertainment company founded and based in Reno, Nevada that operates more than 50 properties. Eldorado Resorts acquired Caesars Entertainment Corporat ...
Inc. agreed to acquire Caesars Entertainment Corp., and 60 properties including Harrah's North Kansas City transferred over to new ownership. The casino at the time employed around 800 people. Regulators approved the purchase in June 2020, with Eldorado becoming new owner of Harrah's North Kansas City while selling its
Isle of Capri Casino Kansas City casino. At that time, the
Missouri Gaming Commission
The Missouri Gaming Commission regulates riverboat casinos, charitable bingo, and fantasy sports contests in Missouri. It is headquartered in Jefferson City.
The Missouri Gaming Commission was established in 1993 to regulate excursion gambling boa ...
numbers showed that "Harrah’s North Kansas City was the second-highest-grossing casino on the Missouri side of the metro area in February. The casino had admissions of 290,500 and total adjusted gross revenue of $15.3 million."
Gordon Ramsay Steak by
Gordon Ramsay
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opened in November 2019 in the casino. The new restaurant location in Kansas City was part of Ramsay's "cooperation with Caesars Entertainment, which started in 2012." Ramsay was present at the opening night of the eponymous steakhouse in November 2019, as his fourth American restaurant by that name. Themes included United Kingdom dishes, like "Beef Wellington" and "sticky toffee pudding." Otherwise, the menu was seasonal with some inspired Kansas City menu items.
Features
It had, at one point, 1,800
slot machines
A slot machine (American English), fruit machine (British English) or poker machine ( Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers. Slot machines are also known pejoratively ...
, table games, and video games, and six restaurants.
See also
*
List of casinos in Kansas
This is a list of casinos in Kansas.
List of casinos
See also
*List of casinos in the United States
*List of casino hotels
References
External links
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Kansas
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References
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*
1994 establishments in Missouri
Commercial buildings completed in 1994
Buildings and structures in Clay County, Missouri
Caesars Entertainment
Casino hotels
Casinos completed in 1994
Casinos in Missouri
Hotel buildings completed in 1994
Hotels established in 1994
Hotels in Missouri
Riverboat casinos
Tourist attractions in Kansas City, Missouri
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