Horseshoe Casino Hammond
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| Location | Hammond, Indiana 46320 |
| Address | 777 Casino Center Drive |
| Opening date | 1996 |
| Total gaming space | 350,000 sq ft (33,000 m2) |
| Signature attractions | Hammond Marina Whihala Beach |
| Casino type | Riverboat |
| Owner | Caesars Entertainment |
| Previous names | Empress Casino |
| Coordinates | 41°41′35″N 87°30′28″W / 41.69295°N 87.507718°WCoordinates: 41°41′35″N 87°30′28″W / 41.69295°N 87.507718°W |
| Website | Horseshoe Hammond |
Horseshoe Casino Hammond, located approximately 20 minutes from Chicago, is a 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m2) property containing gaming, entertainment, restaurants, bars, and lounges.
Horseshoe Casino was originally opened as Empress Casino in 1996 as a 54,000-square-foot (5,000 m2), four-level gaming vessel. Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corporation was established in 1993 as a private holding company mostly owned by Jack Binion. In 1999, the corporation acquired Empress Casinos, including both the Hammond property and another Argosy Empress Casino in Joliet, Illinois. After selling off the Joliet property in 2001, the Hammond property was re-branded as Horseshoe Casino Hammond on May 4, 2001. In 2004, the corporation was sold to Harrah’s Entertainment (re-branded as Caesars Entertainment in 2010), who oversaw a 2-year construction of a new boat. The current casino facility, a gaming vessel designed by Friedmutter Group beginning in 2006, was opened on August 8, 2008. The vessel has two public floors, including a main gaming floor with special high limit, poker, and Asian gaming areas, 2 feature bars, and a VIP lounge, as well as a second floor with more gaming space, a 3,400 capacity entertainment space, and an updated Village Square Buffet. The vessel is adjacent to the main pavilion with multiple food outlets including Jack Binion’s Steakhouse, as well as a gift shop and ballroom/meeting facilities.
Horseshoe has consistently branded itself as the home of the highest limits. Benny Binion, on opening the original Binion’s Horseshoe in Las Vegas, was the first to institute high table limits. The craps table limit of $500 was ten times higher than any other casino in Las Vegas, and eventually Binion raised the limit to $10,000 and even eliminated table limits at times.
The casino has a staff of over 2,200 employees.
Horseshoe Casino has over 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) of gaming space, and currently has over 3,000 slot machines (including over 250 video poker machines) and 100 gaming tables. The high limit gaming room features 125 machines in denominations up to $1,000 and is centered around an acrylic horseshoe statue, the second largest acrylic statue in the United States behind Tiffany’s at the time of the opening in 2008.
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