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Ind., Ky. Brace For New Casino In Cincinnati
Monday March 4, 2013 2:30 AM
By AMANDA LEE MYERS
The Associated Press

CINCINNATI – Officials in Indiana and Kentucky are bracing for a loss in tax revenue after Ohio’s latest casino opens Monday in downtown Cincinnati. Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati is all but guaranteed to dip into Indiana’s casino revenues, which have been declining in the past few years.

READ MORE: http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/03/04/oh-cincinnati-casino.html

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Casino’s opening night a success
Posted: Mar 05, 2013 6:51 AM EST

Thousands of die-hard gamblers and curious locals poured into a new casino in downtown Cincinnati after a grand opening featuring a fireworks display set to Frank Sinatra and Alicia Keys. Crowds cheered as the doors opened of Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati opened Monday night. It’s the last of four to open in Ohio in less than a year.

READ MORE: http://www.fox19.com/story/21501932/party-still-going-strong-at-cincinnatis-horseshoe-casino

[johnwirtz]

[b]GUEST EDITORIAL: Horseshoe Casino Fails to Deliver on Urban Design[/b]
By Guest Contributor ― March 4, 2013

The touted difference between Horseshoes Cincinnati and Cleveland and casinos elsewhere, is that these have been deemed “truly urban” casinos. Well, if locating in a downtown is all that’s needed to make something urban, then mission accomplished.

READ MORE:
http://www.urbancincy.com/2013/03/guest-editorial-horseshoe-casino-fails-to-deliver-on-urban-design/
http://streetsblog.net/2013/03/07/the-lifeless-reality-of-urban-casinos/

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^ Interesting read. Will have to check out the casino local next time we’re in Cincinnati:

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Indiana casino numbers plummet with new competition
Apr 9, 2013, 1:13pm EDT
Mark Bowen | Courier

Revenue at three Southeast Indiana casinos dropped by more than 20 percent in March, the first month Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati was open. Numbers released by the Indiana Gaming Commission show that Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg took the biggest hit, with revenue declining by more than 25 percent in March compared with the same period in 2012.

READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/04/09/southeast-indiana-casino-numbers-drop.html

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Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati’s newest feature angers residents
May 1, 2013, 7:06am EDT
Mark Bowen | Courier

Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati’s newest addition made its debut Monday night, and not everyone is happy about it, WLWT reports. An 80-foot-tall sign that can be seen by drivers along Interstate 71 and residents of Mount Adams was illuminated Monday.

READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/morning_call/2013/05/horseshoe-casino-cincinnatis-newest.html

[bjones7]

Doubt this could be calculated but I wonder how many “Dayton casino goers” are now going to the Cincinnati Casino instead of the Columbus Casino, now that both are open? Both Casino would be an hour away I believe.

[joev]

Never been there, but every time I see their branding, it reads Whoreshoe to me.

[jbcmh81]

bjones7 said:
Doubt this could be calculated but I wonder how many “Dayton casino goers” are now going to the Cincinnati Casino instead of the Columbus Casino, now that both are open? Both Casino would be an hour away I believe.

Depends on who you ask. Cincinnati residents seem to believe that Dayton is a Cincinnati suburb in which Columbus doesn’t even factor into the equation.

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Cincinnati casino accidentally awards two $1 million prizes
Aug 12, 2013, 7:57am EDT UPDATED: Aug 12, 2013, 9:20am EDT
Erin Caproni
Digital Producer-Cincinnati Business Courier

A simple mix-up cost Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati $1 million dollars on Saturday night. After the casino awarded Cincinnati resident Kevin Lewis a $1 million prize in its $3 Million Summer Giveaway, officials realized it was a mistake. The money was actually won by another man named Kevin Lewis.

READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/morning_call/2013/08/cincinnati-casino-accidentally-awards.html

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OSU Sues Cincinnati Casino Owner Over Use Of The Term “The Shoe”
By JIM LETIZIA & ASSOCIATED PRESS • 2 HOURS AGO

Ohio State University has filed a trademark lawsuit against the Horseshoe Cincinnati casino in an effort to prevent the facility from naming its concert venue “The Shoe.”

READ MORE: http://wcbe.org/post/osu-sues-cincinnati-casino-owner-over-use-term-shoe#stream/0

[Eugene_C]

I totally forgot Cincinnati got a casino. In fact, the only one of these casino’s I’ve seen so far is the one in Cleveland because it happened to be connected to Terminal Tower and I decided to cut through it to take a look. It was just rows and rows of video machines in a long room…

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