12, the same day the riverboat casino closes, the new Caesars Southern Indiana will officially open. Sportsbook to Also Debut at Caesars Southern Indiana Before the riverboat casino opened, residents in the southern part of the county found it difficult to find work close to their home.

Hess added that the riverboat casino provided jobs for people in southern Harrison County – jobs which had been hard to come by. It was an inch-by-inch build with everybody in the county.' … So many of us that were this far away from legalized gambling, all we knew of it was what we saw in the movies, you know, Goodfellas and all that.

It was not something everybody was willing to embrace. 'Depending on who was looking at it, it had horns on its head. 'Gaming was so new to Indiana,' Hess said according to the News and Tribune of Evansville, Indiana. Judy Hess, director of community relations at Horseshoe Southern Indiana, played a major role in bringing the casino to the state in 1998, in an era where the gambling industry was greatly misunderstood. The riverboat sits along the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky and has provided entertainment for residents in the bordering areas. On Saturday, many nearby residents and players gathered at a Bon Voyage Party for the Glory of Rome, which opened in 1998.

The Glory of Rome, the largest riverboat in the United States, will officially close on Dec. Players Bid Bon Voyage to Riverboat Casino Owned and operated by Caesars, the land-based casino will aptly be called Caesars Southern Indiana. The famed Horseshoe Southern Indiana Hotel & Casino, also known as the Glory of Rome riverboat based in Elizabeth, Indiana, will soon move its gambling operations to a land-based facility just across the street.

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