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NEW SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM CENTRAL INDIANA LOCATIONS GIVES GAMERS FREE RIDE TO INDIANA LIVE! CASINO
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008) – A new shuttle service from three central Indiana locations will provide entertainment enthusiasts and gamers a free ride to Indiana Live! Casino in Shelbyville throughout the week.
Beginning Monday (Aug. 25), casino visitors can reserve a seat on one of three regularly scheduled shuttles that will drop them off at the front doors of Indiana Live! Casino for a three-hour experience. Shuttles will run from the following locations:
DOWNTOWN
Crown Plaza Hotel at Union Station
123 West Louisiana St
The shuttle departs for Indiana Live! Casino at 4:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday; the shuttle leaves the casino at 8:30 p.m. each evening.
MARION COUNTY
Glendale Mall
62nd and Keystone Avenue
The shuttle departs for the casino at 2 p.m. each Monday and Wednesday; the shuttle leaves the casino at 6 p.m. each evening
JOHNSON COUNTY
Greenwood Place Mall
U.S. 31 and Shelby St
The shuttle departs for the casino at 2 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday; the shuttle leaves the casino at 6 p.m. each evening.
Reservations are recommended to book a free ride to Indiana Live! Casino. Walk-ons are accepted, if seats are available. For more information or to book a shuttle ride, call (317) 545-4797.
Riders who become new members of the Indiana Live! Rewards club upon arrival at the casino will automatically receive $15 free slot play. Riders can also take advantage of $3.50 daily lunch specials at Café Live! by Wolfgang Puck, located inside the casino. Please present coupon to take advantage of this offer.
Under general manager Mark Hemmerle’s leadership, Indiana Live! Casino is the closest casino to Indianapolis and features a state-of-the-art, Las Vegas-style casino gaming environment. Currently open as a 70,000-square-foot temporary facility on the grounds of Indiana Downs in Shelbyville, Indiana Live! Casino features more than 1,900 high-tech slot machines and electronic gaming devices. In early 2009, the casino’s permanent 233,000-square-foot facility will open adjacent to Indiana Downs and feature nationally recognized restaurants, bars and nightclubs. Indiana Live! Casino is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week year round.
ABOUT INDIANA LIVE! CASINO
Indiana Live! Casino is owned by Indiana Downs LLC. The project is being developed and managed by Baltimore, Md.-based developer The Cordish Company. The Cordish Company’s Gaming Operations are headed by CEO and partner Dennis Gomes. For more, visit www.indianalivecasino.com.
ABOUT THE CORDISH COMPANY
The Cordish Company (www.cordish.com), now in its fourth generation of family ownership, is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate including one of the leading real estate development companies in the United States. The company has diverse development expertise with divisions focused on Entertainment and Mixed-Use, Gaming and Lodging, Sports Anchored Districts, Shopping and Lifestyle Retail and Office and Residential. The Cordish Company also owns and manages a diverse group of operating businesses, ranging from gaming and leisure, restaurants and clubs, live music promotion and film and media distribution. The company values itself on the quality of its operations, its long-term relationships and high level of integrity in all of its endeavors. The Cordish Company is the largest and most successful developer of entertainment districts and concepts in the United States. In particular, the company has unparalleled experience in creating and revitalizing high-profile destinations in urban core locations. Many of the Cordish Company's projects involve public/private partnerships and are of unique significance to the cities in which they are located. Prime examples are the company's prominent role in the redevelopment of highly successful projects in Baltimore's world-famous Inner Harbor; Atlantic City, N.J.; Hollywood, Fla.; Charleston, S.C.; Houston, Texas; Louisville, Ky.; and Tampa, Fla. The company currently has over $1 billion in construction focusing primarily on Sports Anchored Districts. The Cordish Company has received the highest possible national awards in its various areas of expertise. In real estate, The Cordish Company has received an unprecedented six Urban Land Institute Awards of Excellence.
Indiana Live! Casino - 4300 N. Michigan Road - Shelbyville - Indiana 46176
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