Rising Star Casino wants to move locations after seeing its attendance, employees and revenue drop. (Getty Images)
Lawmakers pivotal to a Hoosier casino’s license relocation bid say the move is worth a look — and maybe more.
Full House Resorts says Rising Star Casino Resort, in the city of Rising Sun, is the worst-performing location in its portfolio, according to Hannah News Service.
It wants to move 150 miles north to New Haven, just east of Fort Wayne. Full House has already begun the process, a Rising Sun councilor confirmed on Facebook .
License relocation would require legislative approval, however.
Gambling-related legislation has largely been on pause since the last time Indiana relocated licenses in 2019.
Those moves — from the lakeshore to Gary and Terre Haute — involved an attempted quid pro quo that put one former lawmaker behind bars .
Post-recession sink
Rising Star was originally the Grand Victoria Casino & Resort, which opened along the Ohio River at Indiana’s border with Kentucky near the end of 1996.