and takes the company public.ġ994: Company's first casino outside Nevada opens in Mississippi.ġ998: Grand opening is held for The Reserve casino and hotel in Las Vegas.ġ999: Ameristar Council Bluffs receives a AAA Four Diamond rating.Ģ000: Ameristar buys properties from Station Casinos in Kansas City and St. Publicly held since November 1993, the corporation owns and operates six properties in Nevada, Missouri, Iowa, and Mississippi.ġ954: Don French and 'Cactus Pete' Piersanti establish casinos in the Nevada desert, in an area that would become known as Jackpot.ġ987: Craig Neilsen becomes sole owner of gaming properties in Jackpot, Nevada.ġ991: Neilsen transforms Cactus Pete's into a destination resort.ġ993: Neilsen incorporates properties as Ameristar Casinos Inc.
The company roots go back nearly five decades to a tiny roadside casino in the high-plateau country that borders Idaho and Nevada. is an innovative, Las Vegas-based gaming, entertainment company known for its distinctive, quality-conscious hotel casinos and value orientation.
NAIC: 713210 Casinos 721120 Casino Hotels 722110 Full Service RestaurantsĪmeristar Casinos, Inc.
