Catfish Bend Casino

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Catfish Bend Casino
Catfish Bend Casino Logo.png
Location Burlington, Iowa
Address 3001 Winegard Dr
Opening dateNovember 16, 1994 (1994-11-16)
No. of rooms408
Signature attractionsFunCity, Huck's Harbor
Casino typeLand-based
OwnerGreat River Entertainment
Renovated in2007
Coordinates 40°49′22″N91°08′22″W / 40.822756°N 91.139355°W / 40.822756; -91.139355
Website Official Site

Catfish Bend Casino is a casino located in Burlington, Iowa. It is part of the PZAZZ! Entertainment Complex owned by Great River Entertainment.

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History

The casino began as a riverboat casino on November 16, 1994 [1] and moved onto land in 2007, once Iowa no longer required casinos to be on navigable waterways. [2]

Property information

The casino includes slot machines, table games, and a sports book. The casino is open 10am to 12am on weekdays and 10am to 2am hours a day on weekends. Due to covid-19.

There are two hotels within the complex, the PZAZZ! Resort Hotel and the Catfish Bend Inn & Spa. There are a number of restaurants on the property, as well as an entertainment complex known as FunCity. There is also an indoor/outdoor water park known as Huck's Harbor.

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References

  1. Bureau, ERIN MURPHY Globe Gazette Des Moines (March 27, 2016). "Riverboat gambling came to Iowa amid farm crisis, heated debate". Globe Gazette.
  2. Saar, Bob (2019-03-24). "Pzazz continues to dazzle". Archived from the original on 2019-11-17.