land-based commercial casino<\/a>. The downtown Big Easy casino shuttered on Saturday, August 28, and remained dark until Wednesday, September 8. GGR at the Caesars property totaled just $8 million as a result.<\/p>\nLake Charles Rebound<\/b><\/h2>\n
September’s GGR statewide increase can be largely credited to the two operational riverboats and lone slot racino in Lake Charles.<\/p>\n
Lake Charles was reeling from Hurricane Laura in September last year, with the three gaming venues being closed for as much as half of the month.<\/p>\n
Golden Nugget, L’Auberge, and Delta Downs combined to win $59.3 million in September 2021. That’s a 181 percent year-over-year jump from the $21.8 million the floors won during the hurricane-stricken September 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\nLouisiana’s three other gaming markets — Baton Rouge, Shreveport-Bossier, and Opelousas — all reported year-over-year GGR increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hurricane Ida is the fourth-costliest US Atlantic weather system on record. The devastating Category 4 cyclone caused an estimated $65 billion in damages and also ravaged New Orleans casinos. Numbers from the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB) released today show that the four gaming properties in the New Orleans region won 21.4 percent fewer gaming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":190104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Hurricane Ida Hits New Orleans Casinos Hard, Revenue Down 21 Percent<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n