Lumiere Casino - St. Louis' Pinnacle of Entertainment (case study)
02 May, 2008

Lumiere Place, St. Louis's newest gaming palace, just dramatically raised the ante on the riverboat casino scene: it's a $507 million, 24-story, Las Vegas-style complex that incorporates a "boat," to technically satisfy Missouri's legal standards for casinos. The building rises several blocks away from the Mississippi river, but the casino floor is actually an eight-foot-thick concrete raft afloat in a basin holding more than 1.5 million gallons of water. Secured in place by 100 vertical retaining rods, it's said to be seaworthy, but it's not going on any cruises. Casino guests never even see the water.

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