Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Announces the Reopening of Coushatta Casino Resort

May 15, 2020

ELTON, LOUISIANA (May 15, 2020) – The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is honored to announce the safe and strategic reopening of Coushatta Casino Resort on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at 12:00 noon. The Resort will reopen in careful phases. The entire gaming floor, the Seven Clans Hotel, many restaurants including Starbucks, Lagniappe Market, Diner 165, and Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs, the RV Park and Chalets, and the Pavilion at Coushatta are all within the reopening phase beginning on May 20th. Koasati Pines Golf Course and Feather Fuel previously reopened on May 1, 2020.

The Coushatta Casino Resort, Louisiana’s largest casino, will be thoroughly observing applicable guidelines and recommendations set forth by advice of the Emergency Management professionals within the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana as well as public health experts at the CDC. These guidelines and recommendations include patron density, social distancing, capacity control, temperature and health screenings, sanitation and other related protocols.

Offering its guests a gaming floor with state-of-the-art, touchless, and non-invasive thermal scanners to check the temperatures of each guest at each entrance, as well as enhanced cleaning and sanitation procedures throughout, the Coushatta Casino Resort is taking every measure to maintain the safety of its guests and associates. Further, all staff have been preparing to welcome guests with intense training procedures relating to the new health and safety protocols being implemented at the Casino Resort.

The Coushatta Casino Resort remains committed to the health, safety, and security of its guests and associates while providing the best in gaming and entertainment.

Coushatta Casino Resort is located in Kinder, Louisiana on Highway 165 (I-10, exit 44), featuring three hotels and thousands of slots and table games including live poker, live bingo, off-track betting and a sportsbook. Call (800) 584-7263 or visit www.ccrla.com for more information.

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About the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana

After many years and hardships, including being illegally “terminated” without legislation during the Eisenhower administration, the Coushatta Tribe was officially re-recognized by the United States Government in 1973 and marked a major turning point in tribal history in 1985 with the election by popular vote of the first Coushatta tribal government.

From their earliest days as a proud, hard-working people struggling to maintain long-standing traditions in the face of possible relocation, the Coushatta Indians have endured and overcome every hardship they have faced and have remained on tribal lands in and around Elton, Louisiana, since the 1800s. Despite serious setbacks and some population dispersal, the tribe’s character and ideals have not only held fast, but have been strengthened. The Coushatta language, Koasati, is still spoken as a first language in the Coushatta community today.

The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana owns and operates Coushatta Casino Resort, which employs more than 2,400 area residents. For more information about the Tribe, visit www.koasatiheritage.org. For more information about the Coushatta Casino Resort, visit www.coushattacasinoresort.com.