Live! Casino & Hotel officially opened to the public at 8 p.m. Thursday, following a ceremonial ribbon-cutting and a fireworks display. Several northwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Krewes led a second line parade followed by music from the Northwestern State University band.
Hundreds of people anxiously waited next to the guardrails for 8 o’clock to arrive.
Owned by The Cordish Companies, Live! Casino is Louisiana’s new $270+ million world class gaming and entertainment destination, featuring Shreveport-Bossier’s first landside casino.
Before the opening, invited guests were able to witness the first sports bet at the DraftKings Sportsbook and the first dice roll with pro football Hall of Famer and Super Bowl Champion Ed Reed. He bet on the New Orleans Pelicans against the Sacramento Kings in the basketball game scheduled for 7:10 p.m.
