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167 reviews of Margaritaville Resort Casino 'Can't wait! Thank you, Bossier for doing the right thing and voting this place in! You will reap the benefits! This will put BC over the top! Can't wait til the man himself, one Jimmy Buffett, actually comes here and plays a concert! I've been listening to the man since high school, had his music on audio cassette! The Margaritaville Casino at Flamingo accounted for about 22 table games and 220 slot machines. The space has lots of Jimmy Buffett-inspired decorative touches, including table games felt adored with palm fronds, shark-infested slot machines and a huge-ass margarita glass. LIVE DEALER + $3,000 Casino Welcome Bonus at BOVADA. In 2016 the Poarch Band of Creek Indians from Alabama purchased the Margaritaville Resort Casino in Bossier City, Louisiana from the developer Bossier Casino Ventures. The casino overlooks the Red River and is located less than 2 miles from Interstate 20 and 2 miles from downtown Shreveport.
There’s been a recent flurry of rumors from guests and staff that three venues are closing in the near future: Margaritaville Casino and 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar at Flamingo and Tag Sports Bar at the Linq hotel-casino.
At the moment, it appears the Margaritaville restaurant will be sticking around. It’s working through a five-year contract and is said to rake in about $30 million a year, making it the most successful of the chain’s locations.
While there hasn’t been an official announcement about the closings, it seems Caesars Entertainment, which owns Flamingo and Linq, is shaking things up in preparation for two new mid-Strip offerings, the Fly Linq Zipline and Kind Heaven.
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We were the first to share plans for the Fly Linq zipline, a $20 million attraction that will fly guests on 10 ziplines from the Vortex at Linq to the base of the High Rollers Ferris wheel.
The $100 million Kind Heaven is also slated for Linq and the Linq promenade. Kind Heaven is an Asian-themed walk-through attraction with music festival roots.
While the Margaritaville Casino and 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar at Flamingo aren’t directly affected by the new attractions, word is the casino-within-a-casino was under-performing, so out with the old and in with the new. It’s Vegas, after all.
The Margaritaville Casino was wasting away, so time for something new.
The 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar is perhaps best known for its happy hour featuring five-cent beers.
From what we hear, the 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar will be rebranded, so don’t freak out, the closure of the bar will be a zero-sum game, whatever that might actually mean.
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While the world is partitioned into discrete time zones, “It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere” is not accurate because it does not take into account the times between 5:01 and 5:59.
The Margaritaville Casino officially opened Oct. 14, 2011. The casino opened as a way to generate revenue from about 1,500 square feet of unused public space, and we’ve enjoyed our visits.
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The Margaritaville Casino at Flamingo accounted for about 22 table games and 220 slot machines.
The space has lots of Jimmy Buffett-inspired decorative touches, including table games felt adored with palm fronds, shark-infested slot machines and a huge-ass margarita glass.
And let’s not forget about the carpeting that looks like a topographical map of an island chain. Or an alien riding a dragon. Whichever.
There are about 2,000 islands in the world’s oceans, and at least one “in the stream.”
While a licensing agreement with Margaritaville Holdings might have appealed to Caesars Entertainment at one time, the company’s M.O. has changed in recent years. For example, Caesars swapped out partners Sin City Brewing at Flamingo (for Patio Bar) and Fat Tuesday at Linq (for Purple Zebra) to manage the venues in-house and keep more of the pie.
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It’s also been rumored another nearby bar will close at the end of June 2018, Tag Sports Bar at the Linq hotel-casino.
Tag Sports Bar opened in March 2014.
We didn’t visit Tag Sports Bar too much, because “sports,” obviously.
Apparently, even hundreds of beers and a “holographic” dealer couldn’t save Tag Sports Bar.
Las Vegas is always serving up something new, so we look forward to hearing what’s next for the spaces freed up by the closures of Margaritaville Casino and 5 O’Clock Somewhere at Flamingo and Tag Sports Bar at Linq casino.
Margaritaville Casino
| Margaritaville Resort Casino | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bossier City, Louisiana |
| Address | 777 Margaritaville Way |
| Opening date | June 13, 2013 |
| Total gaming space | 26,500 square feet (2,460 m2) |
| Casino type | Riverboat |
| Owner | Vici Properties |
| Operating license holder | Penn National Gaming |
| Coordinates | 32°30′56″N93°44′13″W / 32.515438°N 93.737054°WCoordinates: 32°30′56″N93°44′13″W / 32.515438°N 93.737054°W |
| Website | www.margaritavillebossiercity.com |
Margaritaville Resort Casino is a casino hotel in Bossier City, Louisiana. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Penn National Gaming, and uses its name under license from Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville.
The casino has 26,500 square feet (2,460 m2) of gaming space with 1,200 slot machines and 50 table games.[1][2][3] The hotel has 395 rooms in an 18-story tower.[4][5]
History[edit]
Plans for the casino were first revealed in June 2011, when Isle of Capri Casinos announced an option agreement to sell one of its two riverboats in Lake Charles, along with the accompanying casino license, to developers who planned to move the license to Bossier City as part of a $170-million resort project.[6] The developers were Paul Alanis (owner of the Silver Slipper Casino in Mississippi) and William Trotter (former co-owner of Evangeline Downs racetrack and casino).[7][8][9] Alanis gave more details about the planned resort later that month, including that it would be affiliated with Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville brand.[8]
Voters in Bossier Parish approved the casino in a November 2011 election.[10] In February 2012, the developers completed their purchase of the Isle of Capri boat and license for $15 million, and construction began, with a Tutor Perini subsidiary as the general contractor.[11][12][13] The casino was built as a barge floating in a pool with 2 feet (0.6 m) of water pumped in from the Red River, to comply with Louisiana's riverboat casino law.[14] The project ultimately cost $205 million to develop.[5]
The casino opened for a one-day preview event on June 13, 2013, and then opened permanently two days later.[15][16]
In 2016, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians agreed to purchase the resort, which they planned to rename under their 'Wind Creek' casino brand.[17] The sale was canceled, however, because of a dispute between the owners and Margaritaville Holdings regarding payments for the Margaritaville name.[18]
In 2019, Vici Properties bought the land and buildings for $261 million, while Penn National Gaming purchased the property's operating business for $115 million and leased it from Vici for $23 million per year.[19][20]
References[edit]
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- ^ abCourtney Heppe (June 10, 2013). '$205 million Bossier City casino set to open doors'. Red River Radio. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^'Isle of Capri entertains option to sell one of its riverboats'. KPLC-TV. June 15, 2011. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^Mike Hasten (August 19, 2011). 'Margaritaville Casino OK'd'. The Times. Shreveport, LA – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ abJeffery Loftin (June 23, 2011). 'New casino on track'. Bossier Press-Tribune – via NewsBank.
- ^Amanda McElfresh (June 23, 2011). 'Local firm approved for casino property'. The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, LA – via Newspapers.com.
- ^'Isle of Capri's Crown Casino moving after measure approved in Bossier City'. American Press. Lake Charles, LA. November 19, 2011 – via NewsBank.
- ^'Isle of Capri sells Lake Charles riverboat to Bossier City group'. The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA. AP. February 10, 2012. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^Amanda Crane (February 29, 2012). 'Margaritaville on its way'. Bossier Press-Tribune – via NewsBank.
- ^'Margaritaville Resort Casino selects a Tutor Perini Corporation subsidiary as general contractor' (Press release). Tutor Perini Corporation. February 22, 2012 – via NewsBank.
- ^Mike Hasten (June 13, 2013). 'Changes in latitudes: Margaritaville Casino gets clearance to open'. The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, LA – via Newspapers.com.
- ^'Ready to roll (the dice)'. Bossier Press-Tribune. June 14, 2013 – via NewsBank.
- ^Carolyn Roy (June 12, 2013). 'Margaritaville to open for 'sneak peek' on Thursday'. KSLA-TV. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- ^Brad Harper (June 27, 2016). 'Alabama tribe strikes deal to buy Margaritaville casino'. The Times. Shreveport, LA. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ^Vickie Welborn (April 24, 2017). 'Margaritaville Casino ends merger with Alabama Indian tribe'. KTBS-TV. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- ^Sarah Crawford (June 19, 2018). 'Margaritaville Resort Casino sale is announced'. Shreveport Times. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^Stacy Wescoe (January 3, 2019). 'Penn National acquires Louisiana casino operations'. Lehigh Valley Business. Retrieved 2019-01-13.