Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf 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 ...
in
Bettendorf, Iowa
Bettendorf is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. It is the 15th largest city of Iowa and the third-largest city in the "Quad Cities". It is part of the Davenport– Moline– Rock Island, IA- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The popu ...
, owned and operated by
Caesars Entertainment
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 Corpora ...
. It is one of several casinos located in the
Quad Cities
The Quad Cities is a region of cities (originally four, see History) in the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport and Bettendorf in southeastern Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline in northwestern Illinois. These cities are t ...
.
History
On April 21, 1995, the ''Lady Luck Bettendorf'' began operating after being granted an excursion gaming license earlier that year. It was not the first, nor the only
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 ...
at the time in the Quad Cities; ''Diamond Lady'' began operating April 1, 1991 in Bettendorf, while ''President'' sailed from
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States. Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a ...
and Jumer's ''Casino'' was working out of
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 ...
.
In March 2000,
Lady Luck Gaming
Lady Luck Gaming Corp. was a gambling, gaming company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that developed and operated casinos in the Midwestern and Southern United States, Southern United States. It was acquired by Isle of Capri Casinos in 2000.
History
...
was acquired by
Isle of Capri Casinos
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. was a gaming company headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri in Greater St. Louis which operated casinos and associated entertainment and lodging facilities in the United States.
It operated 15 casinos in seven states ...
and the casino was re-branded to reflect the change in ownership.
On June 24, 2016, the casino was moved from a riverboat to a land-based casino. The name, originally Isle of Capri Bettendorf, has since been shortened to Isle Casino Bettendorf. The casino boat ''
Bettendorf Capri'' was sold to American Queen Steamboat Company to be converted into an overnight passenger vessel to join their fleet of river cruise ships.
In 2017, Eldorado Resorts (later renamed as Caesars Entertainment) acquired Isle of Capri Casinos, including Isle Bettendorf.
Property information
The Isle Casino Bettendorf currently offers 35,000 square feet of gaming space and 514 hotel rooms. There are 935 slot and video poker machines, table games, and sports betting. Two restaurants are on-site: Keller's American Grill and Keller's Express. As well as a casino bar, the Lone Wolf.
See also
*
List of casinos in Iowa
This is a list of casinos in Iowa.
List of casinos
See also
* List of casinos in the United States
* List of casino hotels
References
External links
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Isle of Capri casinos
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