Bally's Quad Cities Explained

Casino:Bally's Quad Cities
Location:Rock Island, Illinois, United States
Address:777 Bally Boulevard
Date Opened:December 1, 2008
Names Pre:Jumer's Casino & Hotel
Casino Type:Land-based
Owner:Gaming and Leisure Properties
License Holder:Bally's Corporation
Rooms:205[1]
Space Gaming:42000square feet[2]
Notable Restaurants:Bally Bet Sportsbook & Bar[3]
Publictransit: Quad Cities MetroLINK

Bally's Quad Cities, formerly Jumer's Casino & Hotel, is a casino hotel in Rock Island, Illinois, part of the Quad Cities area. It is owned and operated by Bally's Corporation. The casino has about of gaming space, with almost 800 slot machines, 13 table games, and a live poker room. It is one of the largest land-based casinos in the state of Illinois.[4]

Bally's was voted the Quad Cities' #1 casino according to a poll conducted by the Quad City Times.

History

In June 2002, the Illinois House of Representatives gives Jumer's Casino Rock Island permission to move away from downtown Rock Island to a site near the intersection of Interstate 280 and Illinois 92. In October 2007, Jumer's Casino Rock Island broke ground on a $151 million land-based casino, hotel and banquet center, and on December 1, 2008, Jumer's opened its new casino and hotel in southwest Rock Island. The 42,000-square-foot casino has about 800 slots and 13 table games as well as a live poker room and a high-limit slots area. The complex includes a 205-room hotel with 11 luxury suites, an event center, Bally Bet Sportsbook, a nightclub and four restaurants.

In 2011, the Jumer family sold the property to Delaware North for $180 million.[5]

In June 2021, Delaware North sold Jumer's to Bally's Corporation for $120 million.[6] The property was rebranded as Bally's Quad Cities in September 2021.[7]

Gaming and Leisure Properties purchased the real estate of Bally's Quad Cities in a leaseback transaction in April 2022.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jumer's Casino & Hotel - Hotel . Jumerscri.com . 2011-11-18.
  2. Web site: Jumer's Casino & Hotel - Casino . Jumerscri.com . 2011-11-18.
  3. Web site: Jumer's Casino and Hotel Voted "Best" by Industry Publications' Readers | Delaware North Companies . Media.delawarenorth.com . 2011-08-10 . 2011-11-18.
  4. Web site: Great Rivers Country. June 13, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120509122814/http://www.enjoyillinois.com/thingstodo/region.aspx?area=grc . May 9, 2012 .
  5. News: Delaware North completes Jumer's acquisition . Quad-City Times. Doug Schorpp. April 27, 2011. 2020-10-03.
  6. News: Bally's buys Jumer's Casino in Rock Island. Quad-City Times. Sarah Hayden. June 15, 2021. 2021-09-14.
  7. News: Jumer's Casino & Hotel converts to Bally's Quad Cities. Our Quad Cities. September 14, 2021. Jonathan Turner. 2021-09-14.
  8. Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. completes previously announced sale leaseback transaction with Bally’s for Black Hawk and Quad Cities properties. Gaming and Leisure Properties. April 4, 2022. GlobeNewswire.