Kansas City, Missouri

===Casinos===
Missouri voters approved riverboat [[casino]] gaming on the [[Missouri River|Missouri]] and [[Mississippi River]]s by referendum with a 63% majority on November 3, 1992. The first casino facility in the state opened in September 1994 in North Kansas City by [[Harrah's Entertainment]] (now Caesar's Entertainment).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mgc.dps.mo.gov/history_rb.htm |title=Missouri Gaming Commission: ''The History of Riverboat Gambling in Missouri'' |publisher=Mgc.dps.mo.gov |date=July 1, 1994 |access-date=May 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206015618/http://www.mgc.dps.mo.gov/history_rb.htm |archive-date=February 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The combined revenues for four casinos exceeded $153 million per month in May 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/663369.html |work=The Kansas City Star |date=June 13, 2008 |title=Missouri riverboat casinos' revenue increases in May}}{{dead link|date=May 2012}}</ref> The metropolitan area is home to six casinos: [[Ameristar Casinos|Ameristar Kansas City]], [[Argosy Gaming Company|Argosy Kansas City]], [[Harrah's Entertainment|Harrah's North Kansas City]], [[Isle of Capri Casinos|Isle of Capri Kansas City]], the 7th Street Casino (which opened in Kansas City, Kansas, in 2008) and [[Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway|Hollywood Casino]] (which opened in February 2012 in Kansas City, Kansas).