The permanent casino opened on 29 July 1994.
The permanent casino opened its doors to the public on October 3, 2007.
The permanent casino opened on April 15, 2009; the temporary building was also closed on this date.
The permanent casino will not be open until a year after that at the earliest.
Soon, analysts were challenging Harrah's projections for its permanent casino.
Moscoe later called for a permanent casino to be established on Exhibition grounds.
The bankruptcy also halted work on a permanent casino on Canal Street, in the heart of the city's hotel district.
The investors hope to restructure the financing of the permanent casino and continue construction of the 200,000 square-foot building, which is more than half complete.
Those officials project that the crowds will get even bigger after a permanent casino is completed in 1995 at a cost of $300 million.
The permanent casino will have 200 gaming tables and 1,500 slot machines.