�We set out to build the premier facility in the Shreveport market.  Not only have we achieved our goal, but we have exceeded even our own expectations by developing one of the most elegant and luxurious resorts in any of the emerging gaming markets.  We are very proud to have delivered the product we promised to build, and to have done so within its $230 million budget,� stated Edward T. Pratt III, President and Chief Operating Officer. Hollywood Casino Shreveport was designed to be Shreveport�s first �true�

Hollywood Casino Shreveport 451 Clyde Fant Parkway Shreveport, Louisiana

Hollywood Casino Shreveport has utilized a very unique design to provide a �land-based� gaming experience for its customers.  The dockside casino is permanently moored to the pavilion, enabling the casino to be connected to the pavilion by an 85-foot wide seamless marble entrance.  The dockside casino is also the largest in the Shreveport market, and includes 1,469 state-of-the-art slot machines and 68 table games in a spacious and luxurious setting.

Hotel and casino customers can easily access numerous restaurant and entertainment amenities at Hollywood Casino Shreveport.  Restaurants include Hollywood Casino�s signature Fairbanks® steakhouse, Hollywood Epic Buffet® and the Hollywood Diner(SM).  Additional entertainment amenities include a premium players club, a spectacular art-deco show lounge that seats 250 guests and a world class spa and fitness center that will open in January of next year.  Hollywood Casino Shreveport is also developing an eighteen-hole championship golf course that will be designed by Jack Nicklaus and managed by an affiliate of ClubCorp, Inc.

�We couldn�t be more optimistic about the future prospects of Hollywood Casino Shreveport.  We have developed a superior product and have assembled a very talented and experienced management team to operate our facility.  We believe the Shreveport market is one of the most attractive gaming markets in the country.  With the opening of our new facility, there are only five dockside casinos serving the deep population bases of Dallas/Ft. Worth and east Texas.  We are confident our new resort will quickly become a market leader and will generate a superior rate of return on our investment,� stated Jack E. Pratt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.

Hollywood Casino Corporation owns and operates distinctive Hollywood themed casino entertainment facilities under the service mark Hollywood Casino® in Aurora, Illinois, Tunica, Mississippi and Shreveport, Louisiana.

This press release includes �forward-looking statements� intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.