Ameristar Casino Kc Missouri

Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City
Location	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Address	3200 Ameristar Drive
Opening date	January 16, 1997; 23 years ago
No. of rooms	184
Total gaming space	140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2)
Casino type	Riverboat
Owner	Gaming and Leisure Properties
Operating license holder	Boyd Gaming
Previous names	Station Casino Kansas City (1997–2000)
Website	ameristarkansascity.com

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Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City (formerly Station Casino Kansas City) is a hotel and casino located on the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Boyd Gaming.

The 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m²) casino has 2,800 slot and video poker machines, 57 table games, a live poker room with 15 poker tables, exclusive high-limit slot and table games areas, and a 184-room hotel that includes 36 mini and 12 king suites.^[1]

History[edit]

Ameristar Casino Kc Missouri

The facility opened on January 16, 1997 as Station Casino. Ameristar Casinos acquired the property on December 19, 2000 and it was rebranded to its current name.

In August 2013, the property became part of Pinnacle Entertainment when that company acquired Ameristar Casinos.^[2] 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.^[3][4]

In October 2018, Pinnacle sold the casino's operating business to Boyd Gaming, along with three other casinos, in connection with Pinnacle's acquisition by Penn National Gaming.^[5] The sale was required by antitrust regulators because Penn National already operated two casinos in the Kansas City area.^[6] The sale included a perpetual license to use the Ameristar name.^[7]

References[edit]

1. ^'Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City Fact Sheet'(PDF). Pinnacle Entertainment. Archived from the original(PDF) on June 1, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
2. ^Bryant, Tim (August 21, 2013). 'Icahn to return to St. Louis business prominence with Lumiere deal'. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
3. ^'Missouri Gaming Commission approves transfer of casino properties'. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 23, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
4. ^'Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. completes the previously announced acquisition of the real estate assets of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc' (Press release). Pinnacle Entertainment. April 28, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
5. ^'Boyd Gaming completes acquisition of four Pinnacle Entertainment assets' (Press release). Boyd Gaming. October 15, 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-16 – via PR Newswire.
6. ^Andrew Vaupel (October 2, 2018). 'FTC orders sale of KC casino'. Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
7. ^'FTC requires casino operators Penn National Gaming, Inc. and Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. to divest assets in three Midwestern cities as a condition of merger' (Press release). Federal Trade Commission. October 1, 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-16.

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Coordinates: 39°09′01″N94°29′05″W / 39.1504°N 94.4848°W

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Ameristar Casino St. Charles
Location	St. Charles, Missouri
Address	1 Ameristar Blvd
Opening date	May 27, 1994
No. of rooms	400
Total gaming space	130,000 sq ft (12,000 m2)
Casino type	Riverboat
Owner	Boyd Gaming
Previous names	Station Casino St. Charles
Coordinates	38°46′00″N90°29′15″W / 38.76667°N 90.48750°W
Website	AmeristarStCharles.com

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Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles is a riverboat casino located on the Missouri River in St. Charles, Missouri, a northwestern suburb of St. Louis. It is one of several casinos in the greater St. Louis market. It is currently owned by Boyd Gaming. Ameristar attracts over 5.5 million visitors a year^[1][2] and is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Missouri

History[edit]

The casino opened on May 27, 1994, then owned by Station Casinos under the name Station Casino St. Charles. It was one of the first two riverboat casinos in the state, and originally offered 24,500 square feet of gaming space with 52 blackjack and craps tables and 813 video poker machines. Due to regulations of that time, admission fees were charged, and gambling sessions were restricted to two-hour cruises with a $500 maximum loss per session.^[3] In late 1994, the casino was moved to a new boat, the Station Casino Belle. Cruising was required until 1996, when a change in regulations allowed riverboat casinos in Missouri to be permanently moored. For some time, two casinos were actually operating, one on the boat and another on a barge, until 1999, when the entire casino was consolidated to a barge, partially due to a regulation change which eliminated boarding restrictions.^[4] In October 2000, Station Casinos sold its Missouri properties, also including Station Casino Kansas City in the deal to Ameristar Casinos. In 2008, a major expansion of the property included a hotel, pool, and spa.^[5] In 2013, Ameristar Casinos was acquired by the now defunct Pinnacle Entertainment. Pinnacle Entertainment was acquired by Penn National Gaming in 2018, but it chose to sell 4 of Pinnacle's properties, Ameristar Casino Kansas City, Belterra Casino Resort & Spa, Belterra Park and Ameristar St. Charles to Boyd Gaming to ensure regulatory approval. Many experts see a trend in casino consolidation, especially in markets such as Missouri, as a means of cutting costs.^[6]

Property information[edit]

Ameristar St. Charles has over 130,000 square feet of gaming space, 400 hotel rooms, a pool, 7 restaurants, 12 bars, an entertainment venue, a spa, and 20,000 square feet of event space. Unlike Illinois casinos, it is open 24 hours a day except for Wednesdays, when the casino closes from 5am to 6am. The casino currently includes over 2,000 slot machines as well as table games and a poker room. Non-gaming amenities also include a Topgolf Swing Suite and an arcade.

References[edit]

1. ^'Ameristar Casino reopens today with increased sanitation efforts'. KMOV.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
2. ^'Tourism- St Charles'(PDF). Placewise Digital.
3. ^https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-07-17-9407170088-story.html
4. ^https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/nov/04/station-casino-st-charles-closes-riverboat-to-expa/
5. ^https://www.bestuscasinos.org/review/ameristar-st-charles/
6. ^https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/shuffling-the-deck-billion-deal-will-change-ownership-of-several/article_493e8fdd-3fca-5411-9da1-bf2fbd3ba996.html

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External links[edit]

Ameristar Casino Kc Missouri Police Department

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