Blue Chip tops off new casino

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By Times Staff Report | Thursday, May 01, 2008 | (2 comment(s))

Blue Chip Casino on Wednesday unveiled the completed top floor of a new $130 million hotel and convention center.

Work got underway in March 2007 on the 22-story hotel, featuring a 15,000-square-foot convention center, a spa and other amenities.

The hotel was designed with a curved glass exterior to tower above other Northwest Indiana landmarks and feature views of nearby Lake Michigan.

Blue Chip parent Boyd Gaming Corp. expects the new hotel and convention center to strengthen Blue Chip's performance in the northern Indiana market, which includes steep competition from nearby Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, Mich.

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Harold wrote on May 6, 2008 9:06 PM:

" No visible recession, in my opinion. Based on the traffic at the Four Winds, people have money to spare for their entertainment. Just wondered with all of the proceeds that go to Michigan City from casino profits, why it is that the painted markers on the bridge indicating that the right lane is only for the right turn into the casino can't seem to get a new coat of paint for a couple of years now. No money to paint the lanes entering the main attraction in town? Seems silly, doesn't it? "

Bob wrote on May 1, 2008 10:05 AM:

" Indiana is really cashing in on the Illinois smoking ban. "

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