Evansville, located in scenic southwestern Indiana, hosts Casino Aztar along the Ohio Riverfront, which creates the border between Indiana and Kentucky. While visiting Evansville's golf courses, museums, or Angel Mounds State Park, try your luck at slots or table games at Casino Aztar. In addition to the gaming areas, Casino Aztar offers entertainment venues, dining and accommodations.
Location
Casino Aztar occupies an area over 800,000 square feet, including a riverboat casino, an adjoining pavilion, hotel and parking garage in downtown Evansville on the Ohio Riverfront. The pre-boarding area in the riverfront pavilion features a turn-of-the-century park theme with shops and restaurants. Casino Aztar's attached parking garage boasts more than 1,600 covered spaces.
Casino Aztar
421 N.W. Riverside Dr.
Evansville, IN 47708
(800) 342-5386
casinoaztar.com
Gaming
Casino Aztar features both slots and table games throughout its riverboat casino, which carries up to 2,700 passengers. Play at more than 1,000 slot machines and video card-game consoles in denominations between $.01 and $100. More than 50 live dealer tables spread over two levels include Texas Hold 'em, Craps, Three-Card Poker, Blackjack, Roulette and other games, in addition to a non-smoking poker room.
Join Casino Aztar's Rewards Club to receive direct-mail offers, comps, cash-back slot bonuses and discounts for Downtown Evansville businesses. People over 55 are eligible to join the Club 55 Rewards Club and enjoy daily specials in the casino or restaurants, as well as hotel room discounts. Contact Casino Aztar or visit the website for details on the Rewards Club or for information on current gaming promotions.
Dining
Located on the second level of the Pavilion, Cavanaugh's serves steak and seafood overlooking the Ohio River. Cavanaugh's accepts but does not require reservations and features live entertainment nightly. The bar inside Cavanaugh's permits smoking and serves a collection of signature martinis and fine wines.
Corky's Ribs and BBQ serves lunch and dinner daily for dine-in or carry-out. Corky's permits smoking in the bar only, and accepts all major credit cards. Find Corky's Ribs and BBQ on the first level of the pavilion.
Max & Erma's serves lunch and dinner daily on Level One of the Pavilion in a neighborhood pub atmosphere. Enjoy weekday lunch specials and a full bar as well as a varied offering of burgers, pasta, chicken and steak. Max & Erma's offers carry-out and accepts all major credit cards.
Ri Ra Irish Pub offers authentic Irish cuisine in a genuine pub shipped to Indiana from Ireland. Ri Ra serves lunch and dinner daily and stays open late on weekends. The pub encourages large group reservations; check with the manager on duty or call (812) 426-0000 for availability.
Traditional casino offerings including a buffet, available at the Casino Aztar Hotel, a deli in the riverboat casino itself and a coffee shop in the Pavilion to round out Casino Aztar's dining options.
Accommodations
The Casino Aztar Hotel, located across from the casino and attached to the covered parking garage, offers 250 rooms with in-room movies, hair dryers and coffee makers. Additionally, a sister hotel called Le Merigot boasts a more luxurious experience on Evansville's waterfront, just .1 mile away from Casino Aztar.
Casino Aztar Hotel
421 N.W. Riverside Dr.
Evansville, IN 47708
(800) 544-0120
casinoaztar.com
Le Merigot Evansville
615 N.W. Riverside Dr.
Evansville, IN 47708
(888) 633-1770
lemerigotevansville.com
About The Author
Andrea Lott is a career writer, performer and educator with an educational background in theater, classical studies and comedy. Her writing credits include articles, marketing materials and scripts. Lott studied theater and classical studies at IUPUI, and comedy writing and improv at Second City in Chicago.
