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DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE

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The Dubuque Casino Belle was the city's first riverboat casino. Photo Courtesy: Bob Reding.

DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE. The first American flagged vessel in the United States licensed for casino gambling. The three thousand-passenger side-wheeler was built longer than a football field by the Patti Shipyard in Pensacola, Florida, for Robert KEHL. At the time of its construction the longest passenger vessel on the MISSISSIPPI RIVER, the Belle offered a grand lobby, four decks, three casinos, showroom, two dining rooms, six bars and an open air deck for sightseeing.



A casino chip from the Dubuque Casino Belle. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding.

The Belle, designed with three casinos containing over five hundred slot and poker machines and twenty-six gaming tables, received the State of Iowa's first gambling license in 1990.

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