![]() The riverboat is expected to be sold for scrap. Winnecke said he’s “cautiously optimistic” that LST 325 will move to the spot currently occupied by the now-closed riverboat late next year. The colorful, 75,000 square-foot casino replaces Evansville’s gaming boat, which opened 22 years ago as the state’s first floating casino. ( "You can come in and enjoy live entertainment on one end, or come down and have a great lunch or dinner on the other, there's a big deli on one end so you can just come in, have a bite to eat and people watch.") Winnecke told WNIN you don’t have to be a gambler to enjoy the $50 million facility. Tropicana General Manager, John Chaszar announced the long-awaited land-based casino will be open to the public beginning at 10:00 a.m. ( "That's as a result of a lot of hard work by the Indiana legislature, specifically the local legislative delegation, the state gaming commission had to approve this, so a lot of things had to happen to get to this day.") Mayor Lloyd Winnecke noted it’s the first land-based casino to open in Indiana. ![]() People waited in long lines to be among the first customers at the new single-story Tropicana casino, built between the Tropicana Hotel and the Le Marigot on Riverside Drive. A ribbon is cut, opening the state’s first land-based casino in Evansville.
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