Casino Queen Marquette
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| address = 100 Anti Monopoly
| date_opened = {{start date|1994|12}}
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| space_gaming = {{convert|17514|sqft|sigfig=2|abbr=on}}
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| attractions = Pink Elephant
Sevens
| notable_restaurants = The Buffet
| casino_type = Riverboat
| owner = Bally's Corporation
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| names_pre = Miss Marquette (2000)
Isle of Capri Marquette (2000-2008)
Lady Luck (2008-2016)
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| website = {{URL|casinoqueenmarquette.com}}
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Casino Queen Marquette is a {{convert|17514|sqft}}{{cite web|title=Casino Sq ft|url=https://irgc.iowa.gov/facility/lady-luck-casino-marquette|publisher=Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission|accessdate=June 5, 2017}} riverboat casino located in Marquette, Iowa (across the Mississippi River from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin) that is owned and operated by Bally's Corporation. The riverboat, named Miss Marquette, is located by a {{convert|31|acre|sing=on}} site that also contains an enclosed pavilion, providing dining on the first floor and an entertainment showroom/banquet area on the second floor. {{cite web|title=Casino Property Attractions|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863015/000086301501500005/0000863015-01-500005.txt|publisher=Isle of Capri Casinos|accessdate=4 December 2013}}
Currently offering 566 slot machines featuring a variety of games and 8 tables games.{{cite web|title=Casino Offerings|url=http://www.iowa.gov/irgc/FacMarquett.htm|publisher=Upper Mississippi Gaming Corporation|accessdate=November 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224250/http://www.iowa.gov/irgc/FacMarquett.htm|archive-date=December 2, 2013|url-status=dead}}
History
The Miss Marquette riverboat in Marquette, Iowa was bought from Sodak Gaming in November 1999 for $41.67 million.{{cite news|title=Miss Marquette for sell|newspaper=The Telegraph-Herald|location=Dubuque, Iowa|date=November 6, 1999|accessdate=December 1, 2013|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vp9dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7FwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1404%2C825076}} Shortly after, on October 6, 2000, Isle of Capri agreed to acquire the Miss Marquette riverboat for $47.7 million.{{cite web|title=Casino acquisition October 2000|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68944&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=561462&highlight=|archive-url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20081128014031/http://phx.corporate%2Dir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c%3D104016%26p%3Dirol%2DCSRhome|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 28, 2008|accessdate=December 2, 2013}} The riverboat, Miss Marquette, was acquired from the Isle of Capri Casinos in 2000, and re-branded as the Isle of Capri Marquette.{{cite web|title=Casino Acquired|url=http://gaming.unlv.edu/abstract/fin_isle.html|publisher=UNLV Center for Gaming Research|accessdate=November 28, 2013|archive-date=July 13, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713003932/http://gaming.unlv.edu/abstract/fin_isle.html|url-status=dead}} In December 2008 the Miss Marquette riverboat was approaching a Lady Luck re-brand.{{cite web|title=Miss Marquette approaching Lady Luck re-brand|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/12/15/daily20.html|publisher=St. Louis Business Journal|accessdate=December 2, 2013}} A few months later, March 2009, the exterior re-branding of the Miss Marquette riverboat was completed.{{cite web|title=Exterior Re-branding Completed|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68944&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1261974&highlight=rebrand|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131202160635/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68944&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1261974&highlight=rebrand|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2013|publisher=PRNewswire|accessdate=December 2, 2013}} Later in the year, August 2009, the completion of the Lady Luck re-brand was near.{{cite web|title=Re-brand near completion|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68944&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1324534&highlight=marquette|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131202162018/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68944&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1324534&highlight=marquette|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2013|publisher=PRNewswire|accessdate=2 December 2013}}
On October 13, 2016 Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc announced the sale of its Lady Luck branded casino property in Marquette, Iowa to Casino Queen, or CQ Holdings Company Inc for an estimated amount of $40 million. {{cite web|title=Lady Luck Casino sell|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/isle-of-capri-casinos-inc-enters-into-agreement-to-sell-lady-luck-casino-marquette-to-casino-queen-300344160.html|publisher=PRNewswire|accessdate=June 5, 2017}} After a few months, on March 13, 2017, the Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc completed the announced sell of Lady Luck Casino Marquette property to Casino Queen for an estimated amount of $50 million in redemption of its outstanding debt.{{cite web|title=Lady Luck Casino sold|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/isle-of-capri-casinos-inc-completes-sale-of-lady-luck-marquette-and-announces-redemption-of-50-million-of-its-outstanding-5875-senior-notes-due-2021-300422814.html|publisher=PRNewswire|accessdate=June 5, 2017}}
In 2023, The Queen Casino & Entertainment received approval from the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission to move the casino from the Miss Marquette riverboat to land. Construction will begin during the second half of 2023 to add an additional 12,000 square feet to the existing dockside facility that has the Market Street Buffet on the first floor and the entertainment venue on the second floor. The addition to that dockside facility will include the new 17,000 square foot casino, a new entrance, new dining areas and a sports bar. 400 additional slot machines will be in the new land-based casino, along with two new blackjack tables and other games of chance. Construction on this new addition will be completed in late 2024.{{cite news|title=Northeast Iowa riverboat casino going dry with move to land location|newspaper=Des Moines Register|location=Des Moines, Iowa|date=January 26, 2023|accessdate=February 19, 2023|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2023/01/26/casino-queen-marquette-riverboat-land-approval-iowa-racing-gaming-commission/69845171007/}}
Bally's Corporation merged with The Queen Casino & Entertainment in 2025, becoming the owner of Casino Queen Marquette.{{cite news|title=Bally's board agrees to $18.25 per share buyout by Standard General, taking the casino company private. Plans for Chicago casino unchanged.|work=Chicago Tribune|date=July 26, 2024|author=Robert Channick|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/25/ballys-board-standard-general/|access-date=2025-02-20}}{{cite press release|title=Bally's Corporation completes transactions with Standard General and The Queen Casino & Entertainment|publisher=Bally's Corporation|date=February 7, 2025|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250207357507/en/Bally%E2%80%99s-Corporation-Completes-Transactions-With-Standard-General-and-The-Queen-Casino-Entertainment|via=BusinessWire|access-date=2025-02-20}}
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External links
- [http://www.casinoqueen.com/marquette Casino Queen Marquette]{{coord|43.04101|-91.178437|display=title}}