Ameristar Casino Kansas City

Ameristar Kansas City
The casino in March 2009
Location Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Address 3200 Ameristar Drive
Opening date January 16, 1997 (1997-01-16)
No. of rooms 184
Total gaming space 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2)
Casino type Riverboat
Owner Gaming and Leisure Properties
Operating license holder Pinnacle Entertainment
Previous names Station Casino Kansas City (1997–2000)
Website Official website

Ameristar Kansas City (formerly Station Casino Kansas City) is a hotel and casino located on the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Pinnacle Entertainment.

The 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m2) casino has 2,800 slot and video poker machines, 57 table games, a live poker room with 15 poker tables, exclusive high-limit slot and table games areas, and a 184-room hotel that includes 36 mini and 12 king suites.[1]

History

The facility opened on January 16, 1997 as Station Casino. Ameristar Casinos acquired the property on December 19, 2000 and it was rebranded to its current name.

In August 2013, the property became part of Pinnacle Entertainment when that company acquired Ameristar Casinos.[2] In April 2016, the property was sold to Gaming and Leisure Properties along with almost all of Pinnacle's real estate assets, and leased back to Pinnacle.[3][4]

In December 2017, Pinnacle agreed to sell the casino's operating business to Boyd Gaming, along with three other casinos, as a measure to ensure regulatory approval for Pinnacle's planned acquisition by Penn National Gaming.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City Fact Sheet" (PDF). Pinnacle Entertainment. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ Bryant, Tim (August 21, 2013). "Icahn to return to St. Louis business prominence with Lumiere deal". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Missouri Gaming Commission approves transfer of casino properties". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 23, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. completes the previously announced acquisition of the real estate assets of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc" (Press release). Pinnacle Entertainment. April 28, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ Mark Schlinkmann (December 18, 2017). "Shuffling the deck: $2.8 billion deal will change ownership of several St. Louis area casinos". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2017-12-29.

Coordinates: 39°09′01″N 94°29′05″W / 39.1504°N 94.4848°W / 39.1504; -94.4848

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