Terrible's St. Jo Frontier Casino
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Terrible's St. Jo Frontier Casino is a riverboat casino
on the edge of the Missouri River
in St. Joseph, Missouri owned by Affinity Gaming.
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 machine
s 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 cruise the river and in fact could be within 1000 feet (304.8 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 18000 square feet (1,672.3 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.
and Osceola, Iowa
for $287 million. Herbst Gaming which made $16 million in renovations including a Bougainvillea
restaurant and live entertainment venue.
Riverboat casino
A riverboat casino is a type of casino found in several areas of the United States which use a riverboat as a casino. Several states authorized this type of casino to limit the areas where casinos could be constructed under a type of legal fiction.-History:...
on the edge of the Missouri River
Missouri River
The Missouri River flows through the central United States, and is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the longest river in North America and drains the third largest area, though only the thirteenth largest by discharge. The Missouri's watershed encompasses most of the American Great...
in St. Joseph, Missouri owned by Affinity Gaming.
William M. Grace
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. GraceWilliam M. Grace
William M. Grace was a building developer who played an important role in bringing casinos to the Midwest.Grace was born on a farm near Burlington Junction, Missouri. He received a B.S. and later and MBA from the University of Arizona in 1959. He taught at Arizona State University. In 1966 W.M....
opened it on June 24, 1994.
When it opened it appropriated a tourist riverboat
Riverboat
A riverboat is a ship built boat designed for inland navigation on lakes, rivers, and artificial waterways. They are generally equipped and outfitted as work boats in one of the carrying trades, for freight or people transport, including luxury units constructed for entertainment enterprises, such...
The Spirit of St. Joseph that operated out of Riverside Park immediately west of downtown St. Joseph under the Interstate 229 (Missouri)
Interstate 229 (Missouri)
Interstate 229 in the state of Missouri, USA, is an approximately 14 mile Interstate Highway spur designed to speed traffic from Interstate 29 to downtown Saint Joseph....
viaduct
Viaduct
A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans. The term viaduct is derived from the Latin via for road and ducere to lead something. However, the Ancient Romans did not use that term per se; it is a modern derivation from an analogy with aqueduct. Like the Roman aqueducts, many early...
. It did not have authorization to have slot machine
Slot machine
A slot machine , informally fruit machine , the slots , poker machine or "pokies" or simply slot is a casino gambling machine with three or more reels which spin when a button is pushed...
s 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
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
.
Missouri voters on Nov. 8, 1994 approved slots. In 1996 the Missouri Gaming Commission ruled that gambling boats did not have cruise the river and in fact could be within 1000 feet (304.8 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 18000 square feet (1,672.3 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.
Herbst Gaming
Grace died in 2005 and Herbst acquired it along with Grace casinos in La Grange, MissouriLa Grange, Missouri
La Grange is a city in Lewis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2000 census. Since the 2000 census the population has been dwindling. It is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Police Scandal:...
and Osceola, Iowa
Osceola, Iowa
Osceola is a city in Clarke County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,659 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Clarke County.-Geography:Osceola is located at , at the junction of Interstate 35 and U.S. Routes 34 and 69...
for $287 million. Herbst Gaming which made $16 million in renovations including a Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina . Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus...
restaurant and live entertainment venue.