Casino Queen Marquette Explained

Casino Queen Marquette
Location:Marquette, Iowa
Address:100 Anti Monopoly
Space Gaming:17514square feet
Attractions:Pink Elephant
Sevens
Notable Restaurants:The Buffet
Casino Type:Riverboat
Owner:The Queen Casino & Entertainment
Names Pre:Miss Marquette (2000)
Isle of Capri Marquette (2000-2008)
Lady Luck (2008-2016)

Casino Queen Marquette is a [1] riverboat casino located in Marquette, Iowa (across the Mississippi River from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin) that is owned and operated by The Queen Casino & Entertainment. The riverboat, named Miss Marquette, is located by a 31acres site that also contains an enclosed pavilion, providing dining on the first floor and an entertainment showroom/banquet area on the second floor. [2]

Currently offering 566 slot machines featuring a variety of games and 8 tables games.[3]

History

The Miss Marquette riverboat in Marquette, Iowa was bought from Sodak Gaming in November 1999 for $41.67 million.[4] Shortly after, on October 6, 2000, Isle of Capri agreed to acquire the Miss Marquette riverboat for $47.7 million.[5] The riverboat, Miss Marquette, was acquired from the Isle of Capri Casinos in 2000, and re-branded as the Isle of Capri Marquette.[6] In December 2008 the Miss Marquette riverboat was approaching a Lady Luck re-brand.[7] A few months later, March 2009, the exterior re-branding of the Miss Marquette riverboat was completed.[8] Later in the year, August 2009, the completion of the Lady Luck re-brand was near.[9]

On October 13, 2016 Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc announced the sale of its Lady Luck branded casino property in Marquette, Iowa to Casino Queen, or CQ Holdings Company Inc for an estimated amount of $40 million. [10] After a few months, on March 13, 2017, the Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc completed the announced sell of Lady Luck Casino Marquette property to Casino Queen for an estimated amount of $50 million in redemption of its outstanding debt.[11]

On January 26, 2023 Queen Casino & Entertainment received approval from the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission to move the casino from the Miss Marquette riverboat to land. Construction will begin during the second half of 2023 to add an additional 12,000 square feet to the existing dockside facility that has the Market Street Buffet on the first floor and the entertainment venue on the second floor. The addition to that dockside facility will include the new 17,000 square foot casino, a new entrance, new dining areas and a sports bar. 400 additional slot machines will be in the new land-based casino, along with two new blackjack tables and other games of chance. Construction on this new addition will be completed in late 2024.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Casino Sq ft. Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. June 5, 2017.
  2. Web site: Casino Property Attractions. Isle of Capri Casinos. 4 December 2013.
  3. Web site: Casino Offerings. Upper Mississippi Gaming Corporation. November 27, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224250/http://www.iowa.gov/irgc/FacMarquett.htm. December 2, 2013. dead.
  4. News: Miss Marquette for sell. The Telegraph-Herald. Dubuque, Iowa. November 6, 1999. December 1, 2013.
  5. Web site: Casino acquisition October 2000. https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20081128014031/http://phx.corporate%2Dir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c%3D104016%26p%3Dirol%2DCSRhome. dead. November 28, 2008. December 2, 2013.
  6. Web site: Casino Acquired. UNLV Center for Gaming Research. November 28, 2013. July 13, 2012. https://archive.today/20120713003932/http://gaming.unlv.edu/abstract/fin_isle.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Miss Marquette approaching Lady Luck re-brand. St. Louis Business Journal. December 2, 2013.
  8. Web site: Exterior Re-branding Completed. https://archive.today/20131202160635/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68944&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1261974&highlight=rebrand. dead. December 2, 2013. PRNewswire. December 2, 2013.
  9. Web site: Re-brand near completion. https://archive.today/20131202162018/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68944&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1324534&highlight=marquette. dead. 2 December 2013. PRNewswire. 2 December 2013.
  10. Web site: Lady Luck Casino sell. PRNewswire. June 5, 2017.
  11. Web site: Lady Luck Casino sold. PRNewswire. June 5, 2017.
  12. News: Northeast Iowa riverboat casino going dry with move to land location. Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. January 26, 2023. February 19, 2023.