Just trying to give you some back ground here folks. I tell all of you this because we have been Players in the area since casinos have come into our area that are drivable distance, not requiring an over night stay. At the time in Metropolis Illinois,we had been playing at Players casino, Merv Griffin owned it, GOD REST HIS SOUL. When it first opened it was called Casino Aztar, we had tried it once in the beginning and did not care much for it. The riverboat is expected to be sold for scrap.This place is the worst of the worst! I can honestly give this review because My wife and myself have been patrons of this casino for the last several years, on a weekly basis on Saturday nights. Winnecke said he’s “cautiously optimistic” that LST 325 will move to the spot currently occupied by the now-closed riverboat late next year.

The colorful, 75,000 square-foot casino replaces Evansville’s gaming boat, which opened 22 years ago as the state’s first floating casino. ( 'You can come in and enjoy live entertainment on one end, or come down and have a great lunch or dinner on the other, there's a big deli on one end so you can just come in, have a bite to eat and people watch.') Winnecke told WNIN you don’t have to be a gambler to enjoy the $50 million facility. ( 'That's as a result of a lot of hard work by the Indiana legislature, specifically the local legislative delegation, the state gaming commission had to approve this, so a lot of things had to happen to get to this day.') Mayor Lloyd Winnecke noted it’s the first land-based casino to open in Indiana.

People waited in long lines to be among the first customers at the new single-story Tropicana casino, built between the Tropicana Hotel and the Le Marigot on Riverside Drive. A ribbon is cut, opening the state’s first land-based casino in Evansville.

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