The Majestic Star II (formerly known as the Trump Casino) was a
floating casino A floating casino is a casino on board a ship, often permanently moored. This may be to advantage of less restrictive laws restricting gambling either on a vessel, or outside a territorial boundary.
They include:
* Gambling ship
* Riverboat casino, ...
that operated from 1996 to 2021 in
Gary, Indiana
Gary ( ) is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 69,093 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it Indiana's List of municipalities in Indiana, eleventh-most populous city. The city has been historical ...
. Located in Gary's Buffington Harbor, it overlooked
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and depth () after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the ...
.
The casino was opened in 1996 by New York–based
Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, which operated an adjoining Trump hotel.
In December 2005, the
Trump Organization
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.
...
sold the casino and hotel to
Majestic Star Holdings, which operated the
Majestic Star Casino next door.
Majestic Star closed both casinos in April 2021. One license was transferred to the Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana, located inland in Gary.
As of May 2024, Majestic Star II is docked in the
Sarnia Harbor, Sarnia Ontario Canada Majestic Star vessel had been towed to
Bay Shipbuilding Company in
Sturgeon Bay.
References
Casinos in Indiana
Culture of Gary, Indiana
Defunct riverboat casinos in Indiana
Tourist attractions in Lake County, Indiana
1996 establishments in Indiana
Casinos completed in 1996
Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009
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