Harrah’s Nebraska is opening contained in the Platte County Agricultural Park, generally known as “Ag Park,” at 9 a.m. native time on Monday morning.
The doorway to Harrah’s Nebraska on the Platte County Agricultural Park in Columbus. The short-term on line casino area will function as Caesars invests $75 million to construct a standalone on line casino within the northwest a part of city that will probably be known as Harrah’s Columbus Racing & On line casino. (Picture: Caesars Leisure)
Caesars Leisure’s interim on line casino options about 200 slot machines and simulcast pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing.
In Might, the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Fee (NRGC) discovered Caesars and its native buyers in Nebraska appropriate for licensure. The NRGC signed off on permitting the short-term gaming facility to open in the present day following a closing walkthrough on Sunday.
Harrah’s Nebraska’s provisional on line casino is contained in the Ag Park grandstand. The ability is open from 9 a.m. by means of 1 a.m., seven days per week.
The short-term on line casino will function as Caesars builds its $75 million everlasting resort known as Harrah’s Columbus, NE Racing & On line casino northwest of the town alongside Freeway 81. The 40,000-square-foot on line casino is to characteristic about 500 slots, 14 dwell supplier desk video games, a Caesars Sportsbook, and a one-mile horse racetrack. An on-site resort can also be within the works.
Truthful Attraction
Ag Park, like many racetracks throughout the US, has skilled a substantial decline in horse racing curiosity in latest a long time. Ag Park has solely 11 days of dwell racing scheduled this 12 months.
The ability lately has turn out to be extra about internet hosting particular occasions and concert events, with the annual calendar highlighted by the Platte County Truthful. Platte County officers say the truthful will proceed to be hosted on the Ag Park grounds. This 12 months, the one hundred and sixtieth Platte County Truthful will run from July 19 by means of July 23.
The truthful is highlighted by the annual competitors to be known as the Queen of Platte County. Highschool women compete for a $1,000 scholarship and the glory of representing the county at occasions all year long.
WarHorse Lincoln Sportsbook
Harrah’s Nebraska is one in every of 5 casinos being constructed within the Cornhusker State. Voters in 2020 handed a poll referendum that amended the state structure to permit Las Vegas-style industrial playing on the state’s licensed horse racetracks.
A situation of the legislation requires on line casino racetracks to proceed internet hosting dwell racing, which is why Caesars is constructing a brand new monitor at its everlasting resort. Harrah’s Nebraska was the third short-term on line casino to open following WarHorse On line casino Lincoln in September 2022 and Grand Island On line casino at Fonner’s Park in late December.
Officers at WarHorse Gaming, an organization managed by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and the tribe’s Ho-Chunk Inc. financial growth arm, are finalizing its opening plans for its short-term on line casino’s on-site sportsbook.
Lynne McNally, CEO of the Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protecting Affiliation, which is a companion within the WarHorse Gaming enterprise, introduced the hiring of Jason Johnston to go up WarHorse’s sportsbook operation. Johnston was previously a supervisor at BetMGM.
Kambi Group will present WarHorse with turnkey retail sportsbook companies. Nebraska’s industrial gaming referendum permits for under in-person sports activities betting.
Together with Lincoln, WarHorse Gaming is constructing a on line casino in Omaha. The Winnebago Tribe’s partnership with the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protecting Affiliation moreover consists of the chance to construct a on line casino on the shuttered Atokad Downs in South Sioux Metropolis. WarHorse is first concentrating on the Lincoln and Omaha tasks, that are to value greater than $300 million to construct.
