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Station Casinos To Spend $65 Million On Missouri

Riverboat

Station Casinos has reportedly increased its planned expenditures by $12 million to $65 million for its

St. Charles Riverfront Station.

The company reportedly believes that the increase in funds will allow the company to further capitalize on being one of the first gaming operations in the St. Louis area.

Station Casinos plans a $6 mil- lion upgrade of the riverboat

Dubuque Casino Belle's gaming equipment (including 900 new slot machines to replace the 920 used ones).

Approximately $1.5 million will be used for a complete upgrade of the boat to provide a clean, new gaming environment.

About $3.3 million will be spent on upgrading the barge in prepara- tion for the possibility of continu- ously docked gaming, and $1.2 mil- lion will be spent on general up- grades.

In the event that Station Casinos receives the continuously docked gaming license it applied to the Mis- souri Gaming Commission for, the company will spend an additional $7 million to add another 900 slot machines and other equipment to the barge facility.

Bayou Caddy's Jubilee

Casino Docks At

Permanent Site

Bayou Caddy's Jubilee Casino is escorted by tugs as it makes its way down the Industrial Channel in

Gulfport, Miss., enroute to the Gulf of Mexico. The four-story high floating casino completed a 30-mile journey over open gulf waters to its permanent destination site at Clermont Harbor/Lakeshore, west of Waveland, Miss.

Bayou Caddy's Jubilee Casino, a four-story high "New Orleans-style" floating casino, successfully com- pleted a 30-mile journey to its per- manent home at Clermont Harbor/

Lakeshore, Miss.

The 240-foot long, 72-foot wide, 76-foot high vessel was maneuvered by three tugs through narrow clear- ances at several bridges along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. De- signed after French Quarter build- ings in New Orleans, the floating casino will feature more than 40,000- sq.-ft. of gaming, including 60 table games and 875 slot and video poker machines. Jubilee Casino officially opened in mid-November. She is reportedly the only casino on the

Gulf Coast to feature nightly head- line entertainment. Jubilee Casino is owned by Alpha Gulf Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Alpha Hospitality.

Players International

Receives Operator's License

Players International Inc. has received an operator's license from the Riverboat Gaming Enforcement

Division of the Louisiana State Po- lice for its as-yet unnamed riverboat casino in Lake Charles, La.

The riverboat casino will employ more than 1,100 people and has £ 25,000-sq.-ft. gaming area with mor< than 800 slot machines and 45 tabl* games. This is the third operator': license awarded by the State of Loui siana. The Players Internationa casino will be the second riverboat ti operate in Louisiana. Before th riverboat can open to the public, : checkout cruise will be performer by the Louisiana State Police, fol lowing which Players will receive

Certificate of Final Approval fror the Lousiana Riverboat Gamin

Commission.

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