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US – Rush Street’s Rivers Casino approved by voters in Portsmouth, Virginia
Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming will develop and operate the latest addition to its growing portfolio of gaming and entertainment venues—Rivers Casino Portsmouth. Portsmouth voters greenlighted Rush Street’s $300 million casino project planned for Victory Boulevard. Rivers Casino Portsmouth will bring 1,300 permanent jobs and 1,400 temporary construction jobs to the currently vacant site. As the…
US – Rivers Casino Des Plaine opens BetRivers SportsBar
Churchill Downs and Rush Street Gaming’s joint venture, Rivers Casino Des Plaines, has opened its new 4,840 square foot state-of-the-art BetRivers SportsBar. The BetRivers SportsBar features a 47-foot-wide ultra HD LED video wall and ten 86-inch and four 75-inch HD televisions placed throughout, offering patrons a panoramic view of live sports events. The new bar…
US – Portsmouth selects Rush Street as operator if Virginia legalises casinos
The City of Portsmouth, in Virginia, has selected Rush Street Gaming as the City’s destination casino developer and operator for a venue at the Victory Village near the Victory Boulevard, if the state and local voters give gambling the green light. However with gambling illegal in Virginia, the legislature in the General Assembly will need…
US – Rush Street given green light to take Des Plaines on land
The Illinois Gaming Board has given Rush Street Gaming the first land-based casino in the state allowing the Rivers Des Plaines casino to move onto land. Rivers said it will add 120 gaming positions with new slot machines and new table games, taking its total gaming positions to 1,330. Casino Spokesman Patrick Skarr said: “By…
US – SugarHouse Casino completes rebrand to Rivers Casino Philadelphia
The former SugarHouse Casino has now completed its $15m rebrand to the new Rivers Casino Philadelphia as its owners look to streamline its brand across all four of its properties. The investment includes the all-new $5m state-of-the-art BetRivers Sportsbook, a redesigned gaming floor, Jack’s Bar + Grill, a new restaurant opening soon, all under the…
Japan – Rush Street names two architects for Hokkaido resort
Rush Street Japan has signed up two architecture and design firms to develop its blueprint for an integrated resort development in Hokkaido Japan, the most northern of Japan’s main islands. Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and landscape architecture and design firm Takano Landscape Planning (TLP) will lead the research and conceptual development for…
US – Rivers Sportsbook lounge opens at Rivers Casino Schenectady
Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady has officially launched legal sports betting in New York State with the opening of its new Rivers Sportsbook lounge. “We’re so proud to be the first gaming operator in New York to take legal sports bets,” said Rivers Casino & Resort Acting General Manager Justin Moore. “Many people worked very…
Japan – Rush Street opens Japanese office and pinpoints plans for Hokkaido
US casino operator Rush Street gaming has set up its Japanese subsidiary Rush Street Japan and opened an office in the port town of Tomakomai as it looks to win a casino licence in Hokkaido. Hokkaido is the most northern of Japan’s main islands, and is famed for its volcanoes, natural hot springs and ski…
US – Rivers Casino off to a flyer in Schenectady County
New York’s newly opened US$330m Rivers Casino in Schenectady County generated Gross Gaming Revenues of US$27.3m giving a profit of $3m in its first week of operation, according to the New York State Gaming Commission. The new venue’s slots generated $23.1m, its tables produced $4.3m whilst its 15 poker tables produced $111,000. “The first days…
