L'Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles is a

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Lake Charles, Louisiana Lake Charles (French: ''Lac Charles'') is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcas ...

. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by

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. L'Auberge employs over 2,400 people, and has nearly 1,000 hotel rooms. It regularly draws in 400,000 visitors a month.

History

The casino was opened by

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in May 2005. In April 2016, the property was sold to Gaming and Leisure Properties along with almost all of Pinnacle's real estate assets, and leased back to Pinnacle. Penn National Gaming (now Penn Entertainment) acquired Pinnacle in October 2018, including the operations the resort.

Facility

The resort includes a spa, swimming pools, shops and a golf course, designed by

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. In houses several food outlets, including the Kim Son restaurant ''Asia''. The building was designed by Bergman Walls Associates. Due to gambling laws that allow riverboat casinos in Louisiana, the casino is built on a floating structure located on the Calcasieu River.

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