Frontier Casino St Joseph
| St. Jo Frontier Casino | |
|---|---|
| Location | St. Joseph, Missouri |
| Total gaming space | 18,000 sq ft (1,700 m2) |
| Notable restaurants | Winner's, River's Edge |
| Casino type | Riverboat |
| Owner | Affinity Gaming |
| Coordinates | 39°49′56″N95°01′01″W / 39.83222°N 95.01694°W |
| Website | StJoFrontierCasino.com |
St. Jo Frontier Casino is a riverboat casino on the edge of the Missouri River in St. Joseph, Missouri owned by Affinity Gaming.
A map showing casinos and other gaming facilities located near St. Jo Frontier Casino, located in Saint Joseph at 777 Winners Circle, in Missouri, United States. Jo Frontier Casino 777 Winners Cir, Saint Joseph, MO, 64505.
History[edit]
William M. Grace[edit]
The casino is the second smallest in Missouri and was one of original four casinos that opened after Missouri legalized riverboat gambling in 1993. It is in its second structure since William M. Grace opened it on June 24, 1994.
When it opened it appropriated a tourist riverboat The Spirit of St. Joseph that operated out of Riverside Park immediately west of downtown St. Joseph under the Interstate 229 (Missouri)viaduct. It did not have authorization to have slot machines and only card games could be played. The riverboat went on excursions on the river which was to cause some jurisdiction issues with neighboring Kansas.
Missouri voters on Nov. 8, 1994 approved slots. In 1996 the Missouri Gaming Commission ruled that gambling boats did not have to cruise the river and in fact could be within 1,000 feet (300 m) of the river (if river water touched them). Missouri casinos were to build 'boats in moats' in concrete basins.
Grace built an $18 million 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m2) boat in a moat three miles (5 km) north of its original location in 1998. The opening was delayed after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled the voters had to approve the boat in moat concept which they did in 1998.[1]
Herbst Gaming[edit]
Grace died in 2005 and Herbst Gaming acquired it along with Grace casinos in La Grange, Missouri and Osceola, Iowa for $287 million.[2] Herbst Gaming which made $16 million in renovations including a Bougainvillea restaurant and live entertainment venue.[3]
Herbst Gaming changed its name to Affinity Gaming in 2011.
Facilities[edit]
It has 556 gaming machines and 11 poker tables.[4] It paid $3 million in taxes in 2008 on $18 million in gross revenue and admissions of 579,550.[5]
References[edit]
- ^GREG KOZOL. 'A high-stakes decade: Frontier Casino sees 10 years of change.' St. Joseph News-Press. St Joseph News-Press St Joseph, MO. 2004. Retrieved January 27, 2009 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-14685491.htmlArchived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^http://ir.herbstgaming.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=130603&p=irol-newsArticle&t=Regular&id=594091&
- ^- - June 30, 2006
- ^http://www.casinocity.com/us/mo/st.joseph/stjofrnt/
- ^http://www.hotel-online.com/News/2009_Jan_15/k.JMA.1232043928.html
External links[edit]
Frontier Casino St Joseph
Coordinates: 39°47′01″N94°52′34″W / 39.783674°N 94.87617°W
By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A St. Joseph city councilmember who sponsors a measure which
would ban smoking inside the St. Jo Frontier Casino says the bill will return
once the council meets in person again.
Councilmember P. J. Kovac never thought the city council
should have excluded the casino when it banned smoking in restaurants and bars
six years ago.
“My thought was if it’s that dangerous for everybody, then why
isn’t it dangerous for the casino?” Kovac tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline.
“They have the biggest crowds, probably the most popular venue in town and more
people working under that environment and the worst environment of anybody. And
I couldn’t understand, if it’s that serious, why would you put that many lives
as risk?”
Kovac removed his proposal for consideration Monday after the city
council decided to meet remotely. He argued that it was too important an issue
to be decided during a Zoom meeting when public comment is often limited.
Kovac says he is still pushing for a ban, though the St. Jo
Frontier Casino has made changes to its smoking policy, now relegating smoking
to an area away from the slot machines, next to the restrooms.
“At least they can’t sit there on the machine and smoke for
hours in that one spot,” Kovac says. “If they want to smoke, all they can do is
smoke. It’s still in the casino, but it’s much better than it was with limiting
it to eight people. They can’t sit there and smoke for hours, because they’re
going to get bored. They’re going to smoke a cigarette and go back out there on
the floor.”
Kovac says by withholding the bill until the city council
returns to in-person meetings at city hall, he is waiting until there is a
proper setting for both sides to make their case. Kovac says it is an important
decision for the council.
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“Because it’s the only venue in the city, probably anywhere,
that you can smoke,” Kovac says. “The most crowded place in town, the most
popular place in town and you’re putting all these lives at risk. I thought,
well it’s not only the virus there’s really bad effects from second-hand smoke which
I didn’t realize how serious it really was.”
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There is no definite time when the city council will begin
meeting in person again.