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Isle of Capri Casino To Open On October 30

Artist's rendering of the proposed Cape Girardeau casino. (Submitted image)
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The Isle of Capri Casino in Cape Girardeau will open its doors on October 30.

Casino officials originally planned to open before the end of the year, but steadily moved the opening date forward.

Chet Koch is Isle’s Vice President and General Manager of the Cape Girardeau casino. He says the mild winter and dry summer played a huge role.

“Construction teams were able to pour concrete in the winter months,”Koch said. “And throughout the summer, just really with the rain not coming really helped it along. They were able to work a lot more days than they had expected.”

Koch says there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 30 at 10:30 a.m. in the casino’s main entrance.

“And then we’ll be bringing everybody through the lobby and then bringing them onto the casino floors. That’s really the big celebration for us, just getting the doors open," Koch said.

Koch says the casino will have 500 employees on opening day.

Construction cost close to the anticipated amount of 135 million dollars.