A US senator from Terre Haute plans to file legislation to move 750 gaming positions from the Rising Star casino, located in Rising Sun along Indiana’s south-eastern border near Cincinnati, into a new $150m casino in Terre Haute.
The casino would create a projected 750 casino jobs and 500 indirect jobs, said Republican Senator Jon Ford. The new casino in Terre Haute is projected to generate more than $100m in revenue by 2019 for its owner, Las Vegas-based Full House Resorts. The projections also include more than $26m in new taxes for the state.
“They have been talking for the past few years about moving this casino, from moving it completely out of Rising Sun to moving to an area near Indianapolis,” Ford said.
“The opportunity is there, so I am creating a bill as a compromise that would keep the existing games in Rising Sun, allow that tax base to be maintained there and bring these unused state assets into a revenue producing environment.”
