Pinnacle Plans BR Casino/Hotel

[steve3n8]

Just curious...what's up w the number "12"?? This new hotel is 12-stories...lately everything has been 12-stories....like the new Courthouse; the new II City Plaza...the new state buildings La Salle & Galvez are 12....also Shaw Plaza off Essen and the new Renaissance hotel is also 12...not 11; not 13 or 14....

When Plan BR was being implemented Andres Duany suggested no buildings taller than 12...since then all of the taller proposals have failed thus far.

Your right Richy, there needs to be 20, 25, 30+............

[Ronald120]

Isn't there also a restriction on the height of buildings as well because of the state capitol. Not that that makes much of a difference, but I just wanted to mention that.

[Antrell Williams]

I'm 99% sure it's a myth.

[dan326]

Someone asked the Advocate and they said there's no restriction.

[richyb83]

Ha...yeah that was me that wrote to the Advocate to ask a few years back...there is no 450'ft height restriction in BR. The Capitol Park grounds acts as a large enough buffer zone that helps.

At one time RiverPlace condominium project was supposed to be 36-stories rivaling the height of the Capitol...not sure if it would have supassed the Capitol in height due the difference in elevations.

[richyb83]

Real Estate Weekly Property of the Week

The $368 million L'Auberge Casino and Hotel, under construction since May 2010, is nearing a summer completion with an anticipated opening by Labor Day. The 12-story hotel, pictured here, will feature 206 rooms and a rooftop pool. The single-level casino will measure 74,000 square feet, and the development will also feature an event center with concert seating for up to 1,600 and festival grounds accommodating up to 2,500

http://www.businessreport.com/section/businessreport0113

[dan326]

The casino actually looks quite impressive in person, I guess because its bigger than I invisioned.

[buckett5425]

The casino actually looks quite impressive in person, I guess because its bigger than I invisioned.

I thought the opposite. It seemed rather small, especially when compared to other pinnacle properties. I still think it looks rather tacky, like a glorified Bass Pro, then again, that style appeals to many Baton Rougeans. Even then, its a poor manifestation of that style.

[cajun]

It's a casino. They had to build up for visibility.

Like public art, the bar is pretty low. It will end up looking like some of the nicer properties in Tunica at best.

[richyb83]

What many have been thinking all along...can BR really support 3 casino boats??

The view from downriver

...With Pinnacle Entertainment here, downtown riverboats face an uncertain future

Baton Rouge isn't big enough for three casino boats, according to industry watchers anticipating the Aug. 29 opening of L'Auberge Casino & Hotel. They predict the demise of one of Baton Rouge's two downtown boats, unless Pinnacle Entertainment's newest development on River Road at Gardere Lane can attract gamblers here like the city's higher ground did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

*rest of article with pics

http://www.businessreport.com/article/20120820/BUSINESSREPORT0401/308209997/0/businessreport0402

[Antrell Williams]

L'Auberge will be for the big money gamblers with their high table games and the others will serve the cheaper gamblers.

[dan326]

And some people may not like the bigger, busier atmosphere.

[Antrell Williams]

People in Mississippi, closer to us than New Orleans, will also give them some business. We don't have the same out-of-staters coming in like Shreveport, Lake Charles, and New Orleans.

[cajun]

L'Auberge will be for the big money gamblers with their high table games and the others will serve the cheaper gamblers.

I really didn't think there was a market for that in south Louisiana except maybe New Orleans. The current casinos seem to attract the working poor and welfare class to a far greater proportion than any casino I've seen.

No way both boats survive this.

[itsjustme3]

So one of the crappy boats downtown will close. Big deal.

[dan326]

I went to the new casino to take pictures and ended up putting a dollar in the machine and won $2.30 (3.3-1)!!