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• Belle of Baton Rouge plans to move ashore with $35 million project

  September 15, 2022 4:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The Belle of Baton Rouge will move onto land following a vote by the state Gaming Control Board to approve the idea. The project will cost $35 million and is expected to be done by April 2024. There will be a 16,500-square-foot gaming floor in... more »

• Carbon dioxide leak on gaming riverboat sickens 1 Friday

  November 10, 2017 3:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Firefighters worked to contain a slow leak of carbon dioxide from an area inside the belly of a casino riverboat along the river Friday. Emergency responders were called to reports of a situation on the casino boat at the Belle of Baton Rouge around lunch Friday.... more »

• Woman arrested for stealing purse in casino parking lot, tries to flee

  February 10, 2017 5:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A woman was arrested for stealing a purse while at the Belle of Baton Rouge casino and trying to flee from arresting officers in her car. Karisa Jones, 34, was arrested on charges of burglary, resistance, resistance by force or violence and aggravated escape. On... more »

• Man accused of watching woman in restroom at Belle of BR Casino

  June 10, 2016 11:10 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Troopers said they arrested a man at The Belle of Baton Rouge Casino after he was accused of watching women use the restroom located on the second deck of the riverboat. 26-year-old Christopher Riley was taken into custody in connection with an August 2014 incident on... more »

• Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall visits Baton Rouge Play Video

  May 19, 2016 8:45 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A smaller replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall makes a tour stop at the Belle of Baton Rouge on Friday. Nearly 60,000 names of American solders who either went missing or lost their lives during combat are displayed in the traveling replica at the Belle... more »

• New Orleans woman arrested at Belle casino for blackjack cheating

  February 19, 2016 11:48 AM

  BATON ROUGE - State Police arrested a New Orleans woman at the Belle of Baton Rouge Casino after surveillance footage revealed she was illegally placing bets at the blackjack table. 44-year-old Rose Powell was booked on one count of cheating and swindling following her arrest Thursday. While reviewing... more »