St. Jo Frontier Casino
Location St. Joseph, Missouri
Total gaming space18,000 sq ft (1,700 m2)
Notable restaurantsWinner's, River's Edge
Casino typeRiverboat
OwnerAffinity Gaming
Coordinates39°49′56″N95°01′01″W / 39.83222°N 95.01694°W
WebsiteStJoFrontierCasino.com
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St. Jo Frontier Casino is a riverboat casino on the edge of the Missouri River in St. Joseph, Missouri owned by Affinity Gaming.

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The casino on July 19, 2011 during the 2011 Missouri River floods which temporarily closed the casino.

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.

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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]

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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]

  1. ^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
  2. ^http://ir.herbstgaming.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=130603&p=irol-newsArticle&t=Regular&id=594091&
  3. ^- - June 30, 2006
  4. ^http://www.casinocity.com/us/mo/st.joseph/stjofrnt/
  5. ^http://www.hotel-online.com/News/2009_Jan_15/k.JMA.1232043928.html

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 39°47′01″N94°52′34″W / 39.783674°N 94.87617°W

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Contact Information

(800) 888-2946

Frontier Casino St. Joseph Missouri Obituaries

Location

777 Winners Cir
St. joseph
Missouri
64505
Missouri

Frontier Casino St. Joseph Missouri Weather

39.78
-94.88

RV Parking and Camping Information

Free
Parking in east lot with big rigs.

Casino Information

21
  • Slots
  • Video Poker
  • Table Games

St. Joseph Missouri Hospital

  • Sports Bar
  • Fast Food
  • Buffett
  • Coffee Shop (a basic full service restaurant)

Other Information

Map

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Stayed next to big rigs in east lot.
Train comes by every couple of hours through the night and will shake you out of bed. Very loud.

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