Grand Victoria Casino Boat Rating: 3,5/5 6465 reviews
General Riverboat Information
Information updated as of 12/31/97
Grand Victoria Riverboat Casino During renovation of the Grand Victoria Casino (GVC) riverboat in Elgin, Illinois, owners hit the jackpot after the coating systems for exterior metalwork and decking were shuffled to accommodate long-lasting polyurethane and fluoropolymer technology from Tnemec. Grand Victoria Casino Elgin is a casino in the style of the grand old riverboat and has remained so for its history. Located 250 South Grove Avenue in Elgin, Illinois, the casino offers a gambling experience like none other in the area. Grand Victoria Casino is a stationary boat Casino in Elgin, Illinois and is open daily 8:30am-6:30am. The casino's 29,850 square foot gaming space features 1,088 gaming machines and forty-two table games. The property has three restaurants, one bar and a hotel with 201 rooms. The Grand Victoria Casino located on the Fox River. Oh, there are penny and two-cent games, too, mostly on the lower deck. But more than any other casino in Illinois, Grand Victoria caters to the upper end of the market. Yes, Grand Victoria is on a riverboat, the same one built for the casino’s opening in 1995.
Aztar Indiana Gaming Corp
Aztar Indiana Gaming Corp. | |||
| Square Footage of Present Vessel | 38,360 sq. ft | ||
| Commencement of Full-time Gaming Permanent Boat Opening Permanent Pavilion Opening Date | December 8, 1995 December 8, 1995 October 17, 1996 | ||
| Size of Pavilion and Amenities | 44,000 sq. ft. 4 Restaurants 2 Bars/Lounges 1 Premium Passenger Lounge 1 Retail Shop | ||
| Capacity of Boat: Patrons Crewmembers | 2,500 300 | ||
| Hotel Open Date Number of Guest Rooms Amenities | December 17, 1996 251 1 Restaurant/Buffet 5 Meeting Rooms Room Service | ||
| Total Admissions for 1997 | 2,086,712 | ||
| Number of EGDs: Number of Table Games | 1,359 73 | ||
| Employees as of December 31, 1997 | 1,264 | ||
| Cruise Schedule [Subject to change] |
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| Casino Aztar 421 N. W. Riverside Dr. Evansville, IN 47708 PH: (812) 433-4000 Reservations:1-800-342-5386 | |||
Blue Chip Casino, Inc.
Blue Chip Casino, Inc. | |||
| Square Footage of Present Vessel | 37,040 sq. ft | ||
| Commencement of Full-time Gaming Permanent Boat & Pavilion Opening | August 2 2, 1997 August 2 2, 1997 | ||
| Size of Pavilion and Amenities | 87,500 sq. ft. 1 Restaurant 1 Restaurant w/bar 1 Lounge w/bar 1 Snack Bar | ||
| Capacity of Boat: Patrons Crewmembers | 3,000 500 | ||
| Projected Hotel Open Date * Number of Guest Rooms Amenities | December 1999 200 | ||
| Total Admissions for 1997 | 1,14 2, 260 | ||
| Number of EGDs: Number of Table Games | 1,199 51 | ||
| Employees as of December 31, 1997 | 1,0 21 | ||
| Cruise Schedule [Subject to change] |
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| Blue Chip Casino 2 Easy Street Michigan City, IN 46360 PH: (219) 879-7711 Reservations: 1-888-879-7711 | |||
Empress Casino Hammond Corp.
Empress Casino Hammond Corp. | |
| Square Footage of Present Vessel | 42,923 sq. ft |
| Commencement of Full-time Gaming Permanent Boat & Pavilion Opening | June 29, 1996 June 29, 1996 |
| Size of Pavilion and Amenities | 107,000 sq. ft. 3 Restaurants 2 Bars 1 Retail Shop |
| Capacity of Boat: Patrons Crewmembers | 2,450 185 |
| Hotel Open Date Number of Guest Rooms Amenities | Not Applicable |
| Total Admissions for 1997 | 5,498,234 |
| Number of EGDs: Number of Table Games | 1,374 55 |
| Employees as of December 31, 1997 | 1,697 |
| Cruise Schedule [Subject to change] | Sunday - Saturday 8am-10am 10am-12pm 12pm-2pm 2pm-4pm 4pm-6pm 6pm-8pm 8pm-10pm 10pm-12am 12am-2am 2am-4am |
| Empress Casino Hammond One Empress Place 825 Empress Drive Hammond, IN 43620 PH: (219) 473-7000 Reservations:1-888-436-7737 | |
Grand Victoria Casino & Resort
Grand Victoria Casino & Resort | |||
| Square Footage of Present Vessel | 62,600 sq. ft | ||
| Commencement of Full-time Gaming Permanent Boat Opening Permanent Pavilion Opening | October 4, 1996 October 4, 1996 July 25, 1997 | ||
| Size of Pavilion and Amenities | 125,000 sq. ft. 1 Restaurant 1 Restaurant w/bar 1 Lounge w/bar 1 Snack Bar | ||
| Capacity of Boat: Patrons Crewmembers | 2,700 296 | ||
| Hotel Open Date Number of Guest Rooms Amenities | July 25, 1997 201 pool | ||
| Total Admissions for 1997 | 3,065,981 | ||
| Number of EGDs: Number of Table Games | 1,314 80 | ||
| Employees as of December 31, 1997 | 1,606 | ||
| Cruise Schedule [Subject to change] |
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| Grand Victoria Casino & Resort 600 Grand Victoria Drive Rising Sun, IN 47040 PH: (812) 438-1234 Reservations: 1-800-472-6311 | |||
Indiana Gaming Company, L.P.
Indiana Gaming Company, L.P. | |||
| Square Footage of Present Vessel | 75,000 sq. ft | ||
| Commencement of Full-time Gaming Permanent Boat and Pavilion Opening | December 13, 1996 December 10, 1997 | ||
| Size of Pavilion and Amenities | 200,000 sq. ft. 1 Fine Dining Restaurant 1 Buffet Restaurant 1 Entertainment Lounge 1 Bar | ||
| Capacity of Boat: Patrons Crewmembers | 4,000 400 | ||
| Projected Hotel Open Date* Number of Guest Rooms Amenities | May 1, 1998 300 | ||
| Total Admissions for 1997 | 3,282,884 | ||
| Number of EGDs: Number of Table Games | 1,734 97 | ||
| Employees as of December 31, 1997 | 1,587 | ||
| Cruise Schedule [Subject to change] |
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| Argosy Casino Lawrenceburg 777 Argosy Parkway Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 PH: (812) 539-8000 Reservations: 1-888-274-6797 | |||
Majestic Star Casino
Majestic Star Casino | |
| Square Footage of Present Vessel | 43,000 sq. ft |
| Commencement of Full-time Gaming Permanent Pavilion Opening Permanent Boat Opening | June 11, 1996 June 11, 1996 October 27, 1997 |
| Size of Pavilion and Amenities | 77,313 sq. ft. See Notes Below |
| Capacity of Boat: Patrons Crewmembers | 3,000 500 |
| Hotel Open Date Number of Guest Rooms Amenities | Not Applicable |
| Total Admissions for 1997 | 2,821,022 |
| Number of EGDs: Number of Table Games | 1,550 69 |
| Employees as of December 31, 1997 | 1,132 |
| Cruise Schedule [Subject to change] | Sunday-Saturday 8am-10am 10am-12pm 12pm-2pm 2pm-4pm 4pm-6pm 6pm-8pm 8pm-10pm 10pm-12am 12am-2am 2am-4am |
| Majestic Star Casino One Buffington Harbor Buffington Harbor Gary, IN 46402 PH: (219) 977-7810 Reservations: 1-888-225-8259 | |
BUFFINGTON HARBOR
Majestic Star Casino and Trump Indiana, Inc. share a docking area and pavilion facility known as Buffington Harbor, which provides the following amenities: Skyline Buffet Restaurant, Harbor Steakhouse, Lakeshore Lounge, Miller Pizza, a Retail Shop and Valet parking.
RDI/Caesar's Indiana
RDI/Caesar’s Indiana | |||
| Square Footage of Present Vessel | 93,000 sq. ft | ||
| Permanent Boat Opening Permanent Pavilion Opening | Unknown Unknown | ||
| Size of Pavilion and Amenities | 170,000 sq. ft. 4 Restaurants Multi-purpose Coliseum Room 110 acre Nature Preserve Area 18 Hole Champion Golf Course Child Development Facilities Retail Shopping | ||
| Capacity of Boat: Patrons** Crewmembers | Estimated 4,200 Estimated 800 | ||
| Hotel Open Date Number of Guest Rooms Amenities | Unknown 500 | ||
| Total Admissions for 1997 | Not Applicable | ||
| Number of EGDs: Number of Table Games | 2,853 142 | ||
| Employees as of December 31, 1997 | 90 | ||
| Cruise Schedule [Subject to change] |
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| Caesar’s Indiana Harrison Center 405 N. Capitol, Ste 102 Corydon, IN 47115 PH: (812) 738-3848 | |||
Showboat Marina Casino Partnership
Showboat Marina Casino Partnership | |
| Square Footage of Present Vessel | 53,000 sq. ft |
| Commencement of Full-time Gaming Permanent Boat & Pavilion Opening | April 18, 1997 April 18, 1997 |
| Size of Pavilion and Amenities | 105,000 sq. ft. 2 Restaurants 2 Bars Retail shop |
| Capacity of Boat: Patrons Crewmembers | 3,750 500 |
| Hotel Open Date Number of Guest Rooms Amenities | Not Applicable |
| Total Admissions for 1997 | 3,453,747 |
| Number of EGDs: Number of Table Games | 1,699 82 |
| Employees as of December 31, 1997 | 1,392 |
| Cruise Schedule [Subject to change] | Sunday-Saturday 9am –11am 11am-1pm 1pm-3pm 3pm-5pm 5pm-7pm 7pm-9pm 9pm-11pm 11pm-1am 1am-3am 3am-5am |
| Showboat Mardi Gras Casino One Showboat Place East Chicago, IN 46312 PH: (219) 378-3000 Reservations: 1-800-746-9262 | |
Showboat Marina Casino Partnership
Showboat Marina Casino Partnership | |
| Square Footage of Present Vessel | 53,000 sq. ft |
| Commencement of Full-time Gaming Permanent Boat & Pavilion Opening | April 18, 1997 April 18, 1997 |
| Size of Pavilion and Amenities | 105,000 sq. ft. 2 Restaurants 2 Bars Retail shop |
| Capacity of Boat: Patrons Crewmembers | 3,750 500 |
| Hotel Open Date Number of Guest Rooms Amenities | Not Applicable |
| Total Admissions for 1997 | 3,453,747 |
| Number of EGDs: Number of Table Games | 1,699 82 |
| Employees as of December 31, 1997 | 1,392 |
| Cruise Schedule [Subject to change] | Sunday-Saturday 9am –11am 11am-1pm 1pm-3pm 3pm-5pm 5pm-7pm 7pm-9pm 9pm-11pm 11pm-1am 1am-3am 3am-5am |
| Showboat Mardi Gras Casino One Showboat Place East Chicago, IN 46312 PH: (219) 378-3000 Reservations: 1-800-746-9262 | |
Trump Indiana, Inc.
Trump Indiana, Inc | |
| Square Footage of Present Vessel | 37,300 sq. ft |
| Commencement of Full-time Gaming Permanent Boat & Pavilion Opening | June 11, 1996 June 11, 1996 |
| Size of Pavilion and Amenities | 77,313 sq. ft. See Notes Below |
| Capacity of Boat: Patrons Crewmembers | 2,595 250 |
| Projected Hotel Open Date* Number of Guest Rooms Amenities | September 1998 300 Coffee Shop 2 Banquet Rooms Gift Shop |
| Total Admissions for 1997 | 3,431,049 |
| Number of EGDs: Number of Table Games | 1,393 59 |
| Employees as of December 31, 1997 | 1,073 |
| Cruise Schedule [Subject to change] | Sunday-Saturday 9am-11am 11am-1pm 1pm-3pm 3pm-5pm 5pm-7pm 7pm-9pm 9pm-11pm 11pm-1-am 1am-3am 3am-5am |
| Trump Indiana, Inc. 6012 W. Industrial Blvd. Gary, IN 46406 PH: (219) 977-7020 Reservations: 1-888-218-7867 | |
Trump Indiana, Inc. and Majestic Star Casino share a docking area and pavilion facility known as Buffington Harbor, which provides the following amenities: Skyline Buffet Restaurant, Harbor Steakhouse, Lakeshore Lounge, Miller Pizza, a Retail Shop and Valet parking.
Toll-Free Number: (888) 508-1900
Restaurants: 4
Buffets: L-$12.99/$15.99 (Sun)D-$19.99/$34.99(Fri)/$29.99(Sat/Sun)
Casino Hours: 8:30 am-6:30 am Daily
Casino Size: 29,850 Square Feet
Games Offered: Slots, Video Poker, Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Poker, Three-Card Poker, Mini-Baccarat, Poker
Overnight RV Parking: Yes
Special Features: 1,200-passenger paddle wheeler-replica docked on the Fox River. Buffet discount for player's club members. 100x odds on craps.
Casino Profile - Grand Victoria Casino Elgin, Illinois
It doesn’t take very many steps off the ramp and in through the casino entrance to understand what Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, Illinois, is all about.
To the immediate left are $1 Wheel of Fortune reel spinners. To the right is a bank of $5 machines labeled “Premium Slots,” with IGT three-reel games including Five Times Pay and Diamond Elves.Straight ahead is the table games pit, where the $25 tables are busy even on a weekday morning.
| Grand Victoria Casino Elgin, Illinois |
The Grand Victoria Casino located on the Fox River
Oh, there are penny and two-cent games, too, mostly on the lower deck. But more than any other casino in Illinois, Grand Victoria caters to the upper end of the market.
And the ramp? Yes, Grand Victoria is on a riverboat, the same one built for the casino’s opening in 1995. In the early days, it would chug up and down short distances of the Fox River, incompliance with Illinois cruise regulations. Nowadays, it sits dockside, cruises no longer required.
But unlike other Chicago area operations in Aurora and Joliet, Grand Victoria has remained in the same facility instead of replacing it with a dockside barge. The others used to split theirlegal limit of 1,200 gaming positions between two boats per site, each spreading the games among three or four decks --- a lot of up and downstairs. Grand Victoria always has had most of itsgames on the entry-level, with a relative handful downstairs on a lower deck. The need for a barge has never been pressing.
| Grand Victoria Casino Elgin, Illinois |
A view of the main casino inside the Grand Victoria
When Illinois started opening riverboat casinos in the early 1990s, part of the point was to bring new business to old river towns that had been hit by the loss of old industry. That includedElgin, about 40 miles northwest of Chicago.
Grand Victoria has tried hard to make itself part of the community, sharing a portion of its revenue with local institutions beyond the state gaming revenue and admissions taxes. Its freeparking garage, with 1,450 spaces to go with a large surface parking lot, serves the downtown area as well as the casino.
Restaurants, in a land-based pavilion, are open to the full community. Some Chicago area casinos have experimented with putting turnstiles outside the restaurant area of their pavilions, whicheffectively bans those under age 21. The purpose is to save admissions tax --- if a customer leaving a casino area passes through turnstiles to go to the buffet, then re-enters throughturnstiles, it’s a separate tax. Grand Victoria has never concerned itself with that.
Ties to Elgin’s past are symbolized by a giant analog clock hanging high from the 55-foot ceiling in the entryway to the casino pavilion. It harkens to the days of the Elgin National WatchCompany, which produced quality timepieces in the city for 100 years, starting in 1864.
Back in the present, Grand Victoria has been the most successful of Illinois’ nine casinos. Until the economic downturn of the last couple of years, it frequently produced monthly gamingrevenues of $30 million-plus. More recently, with business hurt by both the recession and Illinois’ ban on smoking in public facilities, $24 million or so has been the norm. It has anoutstanding location, with a near-monopoly on the affluent northwest suburbs centered in nearby Arlington Heights.
That near-monopoly is coming to an end. The ground has been broken for a new casino to open next year in Des Plaines, toward the eastern side of that northwest suburban area. Grand Victoria hasbeen preparing for the new competition with a spruce-up, including a new restaurant, the Prime Burger House, featuring gourmet burgers such as the Thai Chicken Burger and the Prairie FireBuffalo Burger, or, if what you really want is a traditional hamburger, the In the Box Burger.
Buckingham’s Steak House has been a fixture since the casino opened, but its menu is undergoing some updating and fine-tuning. The same goes for the Grand Victoria Buffet. Crave Deli offers24-hour service, rounding out the four food-service options.
| Grand Victoria Casino Elgin, Illinois |
Buckingham's, the fine dining restaurant at Grand Victoria
On the gambling boat, Grand Victoria stands alone in having dollar games as the most common denomination. In every other casino in Illinois, either penny or 2-cent games command the largestshare of floor space. At Grand Victoria, there are 391 dollar games among the 1,126 electronic gaming devices, with 2-centers having the next biggest share at 279 games. When the casino opened,when nearly all slots were three-reelers, quarter slots ruled the floor, but it quickly became apparent there was a high demand for dollar games. That continues today, though low-denominationvideo games have carved out their niche.
For those who play at $5 level, Grand Victoria offers some strong video poker, with Not So Ugly Deuces (99.7 percent return with expert play), 9-6 Jacks or Better (99.5), 8-5 Bonus Poker(99.2), 9-7 Double Bonus (99.1) and 9-6 Double Double Bonus (99.0). Dollar games are a step-down --- 8-5 Jacks or Better, 9-5 Double Double Bonus, 9-6 Double Bonus --- so players might want toconsider quarter Triple Play/Five Play games instead. There you’ll find 9-5 Jacks or Better, 9-6 Double Double Bonus and Illinois Deuces Wild, about as good as you’ll get on quarters in theChicago area.
The table games pit has 17 tables for blackjack, four for craps, four for roulette, three for Three Card Poker, and one each for Caribbean Stud and mini-baccarat. Craps offers 100x odds, with a$10 table minimum on a weekday visit. The same morning, $15 and $25 blackjack tables offered a six-deck game with the dealer hitting soft 17 and double downs after splitting pairs permitted.Beware of the $5 and $10 tables, where blackjacks pay only 6-5, padding the house edge by 1.4 percent.
Responding to the poker boom, Grand Victoria has a small card room with six poker tables. No-limit Texas Hold’em rules the roost here.
There is plenty for low-rollers to do along with the emphasis on higher-limit games. And with good restaurants and variety in an airy pavilion, it’s a solid mix for Chicago area players lookingfor a day or night out.
Grand Victoria Casino is located at 250 South Grove Avenue in Elgin, Illinois. For more information call them toll-free at (888) 508-1900, or visit www.grandvictoriacasino.com.
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