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| Horseshoe Casino Hammond | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hammond, Indiana |
| Address | 777 Casino Center Drive |
| Opening date | 1996 |
| Total gaming space | 350,000 sq ft (33,000 m2)[1] |
| Signature attractions | Hammond Marina Whihala Beach |
| Casino type | Riverboat |
| Owner | Vici Properties |
| Operating license holder | Caesars Entertainment |
| Previous names | Empress Casino |
| Coordinates | 41°41′35″N87°30′28″W / 41.69295°N 87.507718°WCoordinates: 41°41′35″N87°30′28″W / 41.69295°N 87.507718°W |
| Website | caesars.com/horseshoe-hammond |
Horseshoe Casino Hammond, located in Hammond, Indiana, is a 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m2) property containing gaming, entertainment, restaurants, bars, and lounges.
History[edit]
Horseshoe Casino was originally opened as Empress Casino in 1996 as a 54,000-square-foot (5,000 m2), four-level gaming vessel. Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corporation was established in 1993 as a private holding company mostly owned by Jack Binion. In 1999, the corporation acquired Empress Casinos, including both the Hammond property and another Empress Casino in Joliet, Illinois. After selling off the Joliet property in 2001, the Hammond property was re-branded as Horseshoe Casino Hammond on May 4, 2001. In 2004, the corporation was sold to Harrah’s Entertainment (re-branded as Caesars Entertainment in 2010), who oversaw a 2-year construction of a new boat. The current casino facility, a gaming vessel designed by Friedmutter Group beginning in 2006, was opened on August 8, 2008.
In October 2017, ownership of the property was transferred to Vici Properties as part of a corporate spin-off, and it was leased back to Caesars Entertainment.[2][3]
Facilities[edit]
The vessel has two public floors, including a main gaming floor with special high limit, poker, and Asian gaming areas, 2 feature bars, and a VIP lounge, as well as a second floor with a 3,400 capacity entertainment space, and an updated Village Square Buffet. The vessel is adjacent to the main pavilion with multiple food outlets including Jack Binion’s Steakhouse, as well as a gift shop and ballroom/meeting facilities.
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'The Venue' is Horseshoe Casino’s entertainment space which also functions as an area that can host any type of event. The 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) space was designed by Canadian designers Sceno Plus, who are best known for designing all of the Cirque du Soleil theaters in the United States as well as the Coliseum at Caesars Palace. Though the standard setup is 2,500 theater-style telescopic seats, the versatility of the room allows those seats to be pulled back for a full general-admission room that can be set up for more contemporary rock shows, as well as function as a banquet and trade show facility. The Venue opened on the same day as the casino on Aug 8, 2008 with a midnight Asian show featuring Andy Hui and William So, and held several more grand opening concerts that same weekend, including Bette Midler, Alicia Keys, Smashing Pumpkins, Mo'Nique, and James Blunt. More than 200 shows were produced in The Venue in the first three years, and additional activities included The Great Midwest Smokeout, as well as the Chicago Circuit Championship of the World Series of Poker.
The casino has a staff of over 2,200 employees.
Gambling[edit]
Horseshoe Casino has over 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) of gaming space, and currently has over 3,000 slot machines (including over 250 video poker machines) and 100 gaming tables. The high limit gaming room features 125 machines in denominations up to $1,000 and is centered around an acrylic horseshoe statue, the second largest acrylic statue in the United States behind Tiffany’s at the time of the opening in 2008.[citation needed]
Horseshoe is home to the largest poker room in the Midwest, featuring 34 tables at all limits, and including a private poker area, Benny’s Back Room, named for the founder of the original Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas, Benny Binion.
Horseshoe has consistently branded itself as the home of the highest limits. Benny Binion, on opening the original Binion’s Horseshoe in Las Vegas, was the first to institute high table limits. The craps table limit of $500 was ten times higher than any other casino in Las Vegas, and eventually Binion raised the limit to $10,000 and even eliminated table limits at times.
Horseshoe regularly hosts poker tournaments, including the World Series of Poker Chicago Circuit Event and Chicago Poker Classic. The WSOP Circuit Event is the largest in the United States.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Chicago Casino - Horseshoe Hammond'. horseshoehammond.com.
- ^'Vici Properties Inc., completes spin-off from Caesars Entertainment Operating Company' (Press release). Vici Properties. October 6, 2017 – via NewsBank.
- ^Form 424B4: Prospectus (Report). Vici Properties. February 2, 2018. p. F-54 – via EDGAR.
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Unique challenges
The Indiana Gaming Commission (IGC) unanimously agreed on Monday to allow Caesars Entertainment Inc. one extra year to sell its Horseshoe Hammond Casino. The new deadline is December 31, 2021.
The commissioners agreed with IGC executive director Sara Tait that selling the casino in the current climate involves unique challenges. These include uncertainty about gambling expansion in neighboring Illinois, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US land-based casino sector.
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in the best interest of the state and local community”
Tait believes that “granting relief regarding divestiture is in the best interest of the state and local community.” She does not think that there will be a negative impact on the property’s operations as a result of this one-year extension.
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Reasons for selling
In July, the IGC told Caesars to sell three of its five casinos in the state by the end of 2020. The Commission issued this order to avoid “undue economic concentration” in the Indiana gaming industry after Eldorado Resorts Inc. acquired Caesars Entertainment Corporation in a $17.3bn deal.
The merged company already sold the Tropicana Casino in Evansville in October for $480m to Bally’s Corporation. The company is also now in negotiations to sell Caesars Southern Indiana Casino in Elizabeth to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians by December 31.
This leaves the Horseshoe Hammond Casino as the final necessary sale. Caesars plans to hold onto the Indiana Grand and Harrah’s Hoosier Park horse track casinos in suburban Indianapolis.
Similar conditions elsewhere
In order to get regulatory approval for the merger, Caesars has also been selling casinos in other states. There were some delays because of the pandemic, as casinos around the country endured extended shutdowns.
Bally’s Corporation (formerly Twin River Worldwide Holdings) agreed to buy the Montbleu Resort Casino in Nevada and the Eldorado Shreveport Resort and Casino in Louisiana. Maverick Gaming was originally to buy these properties but pulled out of the deal.
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While Maverick Gaming was set to pay $230m for the two properties, Bally’s Corporation bought them in an all-cash deal for $155m. Caesars also sold Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, the Capri Casino in Missouri, and the Lady Luck Casino in Mississippi to Bally’s Corporation.