Diamond Jo Casino, which will open its doors very soon, offers every guest to forget about the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas—only old-fashioned slot machines and farm-style food. This unusual concept definitely has its charm, especially considering that the gambling establishment is opening in rural Worth County. If the project proves to be successful, it’s likely that the location will be an excellent alternative to Las Vegas.
Local community leaders hope that the casino will attract money to the area, whose population has dropped to eight thousand in recent years, and that the gambling facility will contribute to its economic development. In addition, local officials have a small hope that thousands of Minnesota residents will travel across the border for the gambling facility.
Projections for the casino, which is located four miles south of the Iowa-Minnesota border, are rosy – it is expected to draw at least 600,000 guests annually. According to the same projections, most of them will be from southern Minnesota and the Minneapolis-St—Paul area.
Minnesota itself currently only allows tribal casinos, but according to Minnesota State Senator Dan Sparks of Austin, the opening of a Diamond Jo in a neighboring state could spark a severe debate about allowing casino gambling in Minnesota outside of American Indian lands. Especially since Diamond Jo’s ads in Minnesota’s borderlands are literally everywhere, it’s simply impossible not to notice them.
As a member of the Democrats, Farmers and Labor Party points out, dollars will definitely flow to Iowa from Minnesota. A study that was done for the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission confirms his words: 20 million people visit Iowa casinos each year, and half of them are residents of neighboring states. Commission Administrator Jack Ketterer noted that the opening of Diamond Jo will increase that percentage.
Although this casino is not the largest casino in Iowa, the plan they provided for success looks realistic. The next logical step would be to create an online version of the casino and then a mobile app, as there are already successful projects on the market. As an example, we can consider the 1win app (as the most successful case study in the field of innovation). To do this, all you need to do is to go to download1win and download the software. If the app is developed, the digital version of Diamond Jo will be similar, except that the interface will be made in a farming theme.
You can learn a lot about Diamond Jo, in particular about how it will look like, already now, and from open sources. Thus, the gambling establishment will have a number of distinctive features, including a Farmers Feast café with 170 seats and a small-town style water tower with a casino sign. Even the casino doors will be special – their handles will be adorned with gold corn cobs.
Diamond Jo Casino will be the first Iowa casino to open so close to Minnesota.