Visitors to Iowa casinos dropped from 21-point-eight million last fiscal year to 20-point-seven million this year, while overall revenue was up slightly to just under one point five billion dollars.
The Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Altoona saw the largest increase in revenue — up five-and-a-half percent to just more than 201-million dollars. The Hard Rock Casino in Sioux City saw a five percent increase to a little more than 80-point-nine ($80,911,617) million dollars. The Hard Rock has done some remodeling, but Iowa Racing and Gaming Administrator Brian Ohorilko doesn’t know if that impacted numbers.
Ohoriliko says the Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood saw an increase in earnings despite some cold winter weather that impacted its operations.
Among the operations which saw a drop, the Casino Queen in Marquette lost more than $2.6 million in revenue from last year, while the Catfish Bend in Burlington lost more than two-and-a-half million dollars.
