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Casino on the Mississippi. Kinda but not literally on the river anymore. The target for opening Bally’s $21 million casino on Mississippi River shore remains early 2026. The new digs replace the floating Marquette Queen steamboat casino that opened in 1994. Question: Will the trademark Pink Elephant find a home under the new roof? At 29,000 square feet, the new casino is more than 1-1/2 times larger than the floating Marquette Queen. Bally expects its payroll to grow by 80 new jobs in the Marquette-McGregor-Prairie du Chien area.
