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US – Pinnacle opens 1,500 slots at Belterra Park
By Phil - 6 May 2014
Pinnacle Entertainment announced the official opening of the company’s newest entertainment destination, Belterra Park Gaming and Entertainment Center, featuring 1,500 games, on May 1.
It will provide a best-in-market entertainment destination featuring 1,500 games and six dynamic restaurants that include relaxed dining options, River Downs Club where simulcast wagering takes place, a VIP Lounge called Club 38, live racing on a one mile dirt track and the only turf track in Ohio, opening in 2015, which will offer para-mutual racing.
Anthony Sanfilippo, Pinnacle’s CEO, and Kevin Kaufman, Belterra Park’s VP and General Manager, welcomed the sizeable crowd to the gaming and entertainment center during a grand opening celebration that included a complimentary sampling of Belterra’s Park’s six diverse restaurants, and live entertainment in Stadium, the company’s newest sports and entertainment restaurant.
“Big Red Machine” favorite and National Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench greeted and welcomed guests to Cincinnati’s first gaming and integrated Thoroughbred racing entertainment facility.
“My heartfelt thanks goes to all of our dedicated team members and the hundreds of Cincinnati-area tradesmen who contributed their time and talent to our project to create this amazingly beautiful property,” said Mr. Sanfilippo. “Team members from Pinnacle affiliates across the country have been working collaboratively with the newest team members here at Belterra Park to create an outstanding integrated gaming and racing destination. We welcome our guests to come and enjoy the newest member of Pinnacle Entertainment’s family of terrific properties.”
Belterra Park Gaming and Entertainment Center will provide a best-in-market, entertainment destination featuring 1,500 games and six dynamic restaurants that include various casual dining options, River Downs Club, a VIP Lounge called Club 38, live thoroughbred racing, pari-mutuel wagering and complimentary self and valet parking.
