Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago is a casino

Casino

In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...

 located in East Chicago, Indiana

East Chicago, Indiana

East Chicago is a city in Lake County, Indiana. The population was 29,698 at the 2010 census.-Geography:East Chicago is located at ....

. It is currently owned by Ameristar Casinos

Ameristar Casinos

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. is a casino operator based in Paradise, an unincorporated township in Clark County, Nevada, United States in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The company has eight properties in seven markets, including four in the United States’ largest 30 metropolitan markets.The company...

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History

The casino was originally founded by Showboat Casinos as Showboat East Chicago. In 1998, Harrah's Entertainment

Harrah's Entertainment

Caesars Entertainment Corporation is a private gaming corporation that owns and operates over 50 casinos, hotels, and seven golf courses under several brands. The company, based in Paradise, Nevada, is the largest gaming company in the world, with yearly revenues $8.9 billion...

 bought Showboats Casinos, renamed Showboat East Chicago to Harrah's East Chicago, and later sold it to Resorts International Holdings

Resorts International Holdings

Not to be confused with the Las Vegas, Nevada based casino/resort operator MGM Resorts International.Resorts International Holdings, LLC , also known as Colony Resorts Holdings is an affiliate of Colony Capital, LLC based in Las Vegas, Nevada. RIH was created by Colony Capital in 2000 after it...

. The casino's name was changed along with the street name to 777 Resort Blvd. (like some Harrah’s branded casinos 777 Harrah’s Blvd). It was later sold in 2007 to Ameristar Casinos

Ameristar Casinos

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. is a casino operator based in Paradise, an unincorporated township in Clark County, Nevada, United States in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The company has eight properties in seven markets, including four in the United States’ largest 30 metropolitan markets.The company...

and changed its name to Ameristar before the September 2008 deadline.