St. Louis area’s 7th casino to open in March

St. Louis area’s 7th casino to open in March

ST. LOUIS — The seventh casino in the St. Louis area and the 13th in Missouri is scheduled to open in early March.

Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. said that its new River City casino in south St. Louis County will open a bit earlier than anticipated, pending final regulatory approval from the Missouri Gaming Commission.

The casino was originally scheduled to open in the spring.

River City will include a 90,000-square foot gambling area with more than 2,000 slot machines and about 55 table games. The complex will include restaurants and a bar.

Pinnacle says the project has generated about 600 construction-related jobs and is expected to create about 1,000 permanent jobs.