$279 million project. The Cedar Crossing Casino and Entertainment Center, would be on the old Cooper Mill site in northwest Cedar Rapids.
Giant emporium would have 700 slot machines
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission has been asked to license a proposed 20th casino in the state. The casino would be an equidistant 170 miles from LaCrosse in Wisconsin and Rochester and Winona in Minnesota. There’s Republican-led opposition in the Iowa Legislature. A ] mandate would pause new casino licensing through the year 2030. The Cedar Rapids proposal is from the Los Angeles-based gaming company Peninsula Pacific Entertainment. The company as has had an Iowa foothold since its 1999 acquisition of the Diamond Jo casino in Dubuque for $77 million. The Cedar Raoids project would be a complex of restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, an arts and cultural center, and an gambling engineering lab., Oh, yes, there would be 700 slot machines and 22 table games.