Pinnacle Resort
Pinnacle Entertainment has filed a petition with the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, requesting that it be allowed to move a riverboat casino license from Lake Charles to East Baton Rouge Parish and set up a resort on River Road. There have been reports that Pinnacle plans to build a 750-room hotel to go along with the casino resort that would offer a menu of amenities, including restaurants, spas, bowling, tennis, golf and big-name entertainment acts.
As expected, the two existing casinos have began a series of "public relations' ads and polls, resulting that one of them would have to go if the new Pinnacle resort were allowed to open, concluding the new casino was not in the best interest of the citizens of the region.
site of proposed casino
renderings of the proposed resort
Just this week the two existing casinos, the Belle of Baton Rouge and the Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge announced their own plans. The Belle is proposing a new boat, double its current size perpendicular and closer to the levee along with a nine level parking structure. Adjacent to the Hollywood casino on the north end of the CBD, a developer is proposing a mixed-use development on the Mississippi to include 800 to 1,200 residential units, 300,000 to 600,000 sq ft of commercial space, and possibly a hotel.
Hmmm, to be continued.....