Articles Tagged: Casinos

The goal of smoke-free Iowa casinos lives on at the Iowa Capitol, where a bipartisan panel of lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a proposal to end casinos’ exemption to the state’s public smoking ban.

Two of Iowa’s 19 state-licensed gaming facilities operate as nonprofits in a unique private-public partnership that has plowed millions back into the surrounding communities.

In a rare legislative move, the proposal to repeal Iowa casinos’ exemption from the state’s public smoking ban was not advanced after an initial hearing on the bill

Nine months after Peninsula Pacific Entertainment broke ground at the site of the future Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment Center, the walls, roof and core mechanical systems are all installed.

Also in the Notebook, Gov. Reynolds orders flags at half-staff to honor former Vice President Dick Cheney

State regulators are warning Iowans about a rise in fraudulent online gambling websites that mimic legitimate casinos or falsely claim to be licensed in the state.

The purchase includes all assets and operations of Great River Entertainment, LLC, the parent company of Catfish Bend and FunCity Resort. Terms of the deal were not disclosed Tuesday.

Of the more than $40 million in contracts awarded for the Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment Center so far, 96 percent have gone to Iowa companies.

A district judge has affirmed the validity of a state-issued gaming license for the Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment Center.

Timely construction of the $275M Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment facility is contingent on the case’s conclusion.

Timely construction of the proposed $275 million Cedar Crossing Casino facility is contingent on the case’s conclusion.A hearing is now set for May 7.

Also, interviews begin today for a Linn County supervisor seat that will be vacated Tuesday.

After a Cedar Rapids license was rejected twice and as the would-be casino developers were preparing to try again, the rocky relationship between the two casino operators took a turn in 2022 -- a partnership proposal. It now has turned into a court fight.

A judge said Wednesday he won’t put a temporary hold on a state license for a Cedar Rapids casino, but said Linn County ballot language to allow gambling in the county may have “caused confusion in the mind of the voters.“

While a proposed bill in the Iowa legislature would not prevent the development of a Cedar Rapids casino, backers worry it would prohibit the city of Cedar Rapids from using a primary funding source to pay for needed road improvements and flood control measures tied to the project, but which benefit the larger surrounding area.