WarHorse On line casino Omaha at Horsemen’s Park plans to open this August, pending regulatory signoffs by the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Fee (NRGC).
Development continues on WarHorse On line casino Omaha in {a photograph} shared by WarHorse Gaming on Feb. 22, 2024. The everlasting on line casino facility is on tempo to open in August. (Picture: WarHorse Gaming)
Officers with WarHorse Gaming, a division of Ho-Chunk, Inc., the business enterprise arm of the Winnebago Tribe, say the corporate’s everlasting Omaha on line casino venue is slated to open on August 6.
WarHorse Omaha will debut with 800 slot machines, 20 desk video games, a sportsbook, and an up to date simulcast parimutuel wagering expertise. The roughly $250 million facility will embody a restaurant, bar, and parking storage.
WarHorse Omaha will function at 6303 Q Avenue. Subsequent deliberate growth phases embody further gaming flooring area, an out of doors gaming patio the place smoking might be allowed, and a boutique lodge with 200 guestrooms.
The 2020 statewide poll referendum Nebraskans handed authorizing the state’s horse racetracks to function slot machines, desk video games, and sportsbooks utilized the state’s Clear Indoor Act that prohibits indoor tobacco smoking in most public locations and companies to the on line casino venues.
WarHorse Development Progress
Following the profitable 2020 vote, the Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protecting Affiliation (NHBPA) partnered with WarHorse Gaming to redevelop its racetracks into casinos. Together with Horsemen’s Park, WarHorse is constructing a on line casino on the affiliation’s Lincoln Race Course.
WarHorse On line casino Lincoln is a equally sized undertaking and funding. The Lincoln on line casino is ready to open this fall with a smaller on line casino with 430 slots, plus sports activities betting and parimutuel wagering, however in contrast to the Omaha vacation spot, the Lincoln property will open with a 220-room lodge and an occasions heart. WarHorse Lincoln will moreover have a fine-dining steakhouse.
A situation of the 2020 referendum is that the gaming amenities are positioned subsequent to an energetic observe. To fulfill the rule, Horsemen’s Park has scheduled September 29 as its lone day of dwell racing in 2024. The rebranded Lincoln Race Course, now known as Legacy Downs at WarHorse On line casino Lincoln, will maintain 4 days of racing on September 20, 21, 27, and 28.
The NHBPA moreover controls the shuttered Atokad Downs in South Sioux Metropolis. The NHBPA and WarHorse Gaming hope to redevelop that observe within the coming years right into a on line casino with dwell racing.
The NHBPA plans to extend the variety of dwell racing dates within the years forward after development finishes on the 2 casinos. The purpose is to schedule 15 race days yearly at Legacy Downs and 5 per 12 months at Horsemen’s Park.
Gaming Taking Maintain
WarHorse has operated a short lived gaming facility in Lincoln since Sept. 24, 2022. The venue is contained in the Legacy Downs grandstand and presents 400 slot machines and the Winner’s Circle Grill.
WarHorse Lincoln generated gross gaming income (GGR) of $51.5 million final 12 months, which topped the state’s three provisional casinos in 2023. Grand Island’s non permanent facility was subsequent at $30 million. Harrah’s Columbus’ temp facility opened at Ag Park a 12 months in the past this month and received $7 million by way of 2023.
WarHorse Omaha opened a short lived sportsbook final November. The enterprise generated GGR of $224K by way of December.
Caesars Leisure made historical past within the Cornhusker State final month by opening Nebraska’s first everlasting on line casino. Harrah’s Columbus, NE, Racing & On line casino, a $100 million enterprise, opened its doorways on Could 17 with 400 slots, 11 dwell vendor desk video games, and a Caesars Race & Sportsbook. Two adjoining accommodations from Marriott will quickly welcome in a single day visitors.
