Harrah's Metropolis includes a casino with more than 640 slot machines and 16 table games, a hotel with 252 rooms, and two restaurants. In October 2017, ownership was transferred to Vici Properties as part of a corporate spin-off, and the property was leased back to Caesars. This was achieved by installing water bladders underneath the building. Illinois law requires that gambling floors be over water, but does not require that they be located on a navigable river. As in Cherokee, NC or Las Vegas they came around asking for complimentary drinks. Won a little, lost a little but 3 hours play for 20 isn't bad and had great fun too. In 2014, Harrah's was given permission from the Illinois Gaming Board to move its gaming floor from its riverboat to the property's convention center. Played the 2 cent slots never did that before but there were only 3 in this location and only machines open. Two Eggs, Two Slices of Crispy Bacon, Two Sausage Patties, Breakfast Potatoes, Biscuit.

Gather with friends after a day of casino fun and get social. The property became part of Harrah's Entertainment (later Caesars Entertainment) with its 2000 acquisition of Players International. Steaks, seafood, Southern favorites and more await at Bridges Dining Company. It opened in 1993 as Players Island, a joint venture between Players International and show business impresario Merv Griffin as one of the state's first casinos. Harrah's Metropolis is a riverboat casino located on the Ohio River in Metropolis, Illinois.