Company Profile
Boomtown Casino & Hotel
Company Overview
Boomtown is the largest riverboat casino in Southeast Louisiana since its acquisition of one of the twin River City Casino riverboats in 1998. It has over 1,500 slots and video poker games, 30 table games on the first floor and is open 24 hours a day.
Company History
Boomtown, Inc. opened its Boomtown Westbank casino on August 6, 1994.
The property became part of Hollywood Park, Inc. (later Pinnacle Entertainment) with its purchase on June 30, 1997 of Boomtown, Inc.
On December 13, 2006, Pinnacle approved a major expansion for Boomtown New Orleans, expected to cost $145 million, including a 200-room, four-star hotel with a spa and salon, an expansion of the Boomers nightclub, an Asian restaurant, additional meeting space, a new employee dining area, and an expansion of the buffet. The expansion was supposed to start in the first quarter of 2007 and be finished by the second quarter of 2008.
A renewed expansion plan was announced on July 24, 2012, including a $20-million, 150-room hotel, fitness center, meeting rooms and 250 new parking spaces. The hotel opened on January 21, 2015.
In April 2016, the property was sold to Gaming and Leisure Properties along with almost all of Pinnacle's real estate assets, and leased back to Pinnacle.[6][7]