After purchase of Creative Casinos

Ameristar to develop new 1,600 slot casino in Louisiana

2012-07-17
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(US).- Ameristar Casinos announced that it has completed the previously announced purchase of all of the equity interests of Creative Casinos of Louisiana from Creative Casinos for us$ 32.5 million. It expects to commence construction next July 20 and to complete the project in the third quarter of 2014.

Ameristar Casino Resort Spa Lake Charles will include a casino with approximately 1,600 slot machines and 60 table games, a hotel with 700 guest rooms (including 70 suites), a variety of food and beverage outlets, an 18-hole golf course, a tennis club, swimming pools, a spa and other resort amenities. It will also include 3,000 parking spaces, 1,000 of which will be in a garage.

The resort will be developed on a 242-acre site leased from the Port of Lake Charles. Ameristar has retained Bergman, Walls & Associates as the architect, Meyer & Associates as the civil engineer and W.G. Yates & Sons as the general contractor.

"We're excited about the growth this opportunity will bring to our company, and for the thousands of construction and permanent jobs we will create in Lake Charles," said CEO Gordon R. Kanofsky. "In just two years, Ameristar Casino Resort Spa Lake Charles will begin serving southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas, including the Houston metropolitan area."

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