Abandoned Casino Boat Found in River, What Happened?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
  • Exploring Abandoned Casino Boat with Craps And Poker Tables
    The Catfish Bend Casino Boat was a massive, 3-story tall, almost 14,000 square foot casino boat that was docked in a small marina in the City of Fort Madison, Iowa. had everything a patron could ever want. The first and second floors both featured all of the gambling amenities from poker to craps; from slot machines to roulette. There were numerous bars located throughout the first and second floor as well. The third floor consisted of what was the restaurant and banquet hall. This is where the patrons gathered to eat meals during their time on the casino boat. Although the Catfish Bend Casino Boat was a relative success, it could not survive the Great Recession of 2008. The Catfish Casino Boat was completely shuttered by 2008. Unfortunately, it has sat abandoned every since. In recent years, the Catfish Bend Casino Boat has been moved to another marina where it sits today.
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ความคิดเห็น • 93

  • @SarcasticMary
    @SarcasticMary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This was awesome, you guys. Loved the peacock floatie. 🤣

    • @abandonedcentral
      @abandonedcentral  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.

  • @alisonnn0739
    @alisonnn0739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I'm dying🤣🤣🤣 Peacock for the win🦚🦚🦚

  • @shannonhite5195
    @shannonhite5195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Awesome video!! The boat doesn't seemed to have aged too badly. Oy, those stupid bar top machines - I regret every time I have to work on them. Thank you, guys, for sharing another great adventure!! Btw, you go, peacock 😉😁👍

  • @Josh-lq5rw
    @Josh-lq5rw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That boat used to be in Metropolis IL. I worked on it for a little while before it went to Burlington

  • @jan7240
    @jan7240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The way you had to get on that boat is probably the reason it’s not really vandalised. Great tour thanks never been to a casino on dry land let alone on a boat 👍❤️

    • @abandonedcentral
      @abandonedcentral  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes you're correct. They actually have it locked really well also. A few people did it at night time but I wanted natural light for my photos.

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@abandonedcentralSo you is sayin u broke an enter?

    • @abandonedcentral
      @abandonedcentral  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wildestcowboy2668 wow 2 years later on the comment? Please tell me where in the video we broke anything? I’ll wait another 2 years for your response.

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@abandonedcentral I will take that as a yes my homie.

  • @johnweimerskirk7217
    @johnweimerskirk7217 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Currently located in Dubuque Iowa formally known as the Catfish Bend casino Burlington Iowa📍

  • @goodguy4342
    @goodguy4342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was a cool video! Thanks for the tour! Dude on the Peacock deserves a trolling motor.

    • @abandonedcentral
      @abandonedcentral  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha for real. That's all they had at Walmart that night so we had to make it work 😂

  • @bleachedin2mysoul
    @bleachedin2mysoul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This place is awesome!!! It must of been so fun to be there while it was operating!!!
    Another great explore!!

    • @abandonedcentral
      @abandonedcentral  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is one of the few locations where I could have more fun when the business was active rather than abandoned haha

  • @msjdb723
    @msjdb723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Holy smokes. 4 am, blowing up rafts in the dark, etc. 👍👍👍

    • @abandonedcentral
      @abandonedcentral  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They are the best missions!

    • @jojobean2309
      @jojobean2309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If I had a quarter for every time ....

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shake and bake keeps them up for days at a time. Notice the guy twitching as he said craps table......

  • @mynamejeff2006
    @mynamejeff2006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ahhh another sunday video. thanks.

  • @clairesims7275
    @clairesims7275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was awesome 🤩 I love that boat. It’s in amazing condition and what a great find. Love the peacock 🦚 man lol fair play! Great explore 🌹

    • @abandonedcentral
      @abandonedcentral  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching Claire! This was a really fun explore!

    • @clairesims7275
      @clairesims7275 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abandonedcentral I bet I absolutely loved it 😍

  • @glenngebauer8558
    @glenngebauer8558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love this stuff!!!

  • @Mercury-Wells
    @Mercury-Wells 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love it!
    Hope you discover some Morlocks next time lol

  • @carolevoss7359
    @carolevoss7359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    LOL...No, the pit bosses didn't bartend, but that cracked me up!

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 ปีที่แล้ว

      I laughed at that also, dude is clearly 'tweaking'on some high speed chicken feed

  • @davegreenan
    @davegreenan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I spent several evenings on that boat years ago

  • @mikepson5867
    @mikepson5867 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hardcore dedication to the cause 🤟usmc goes abandons

  • @SnirlenTV
    @SnirlenTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The casino began as a riverboat casino on November 16, 1994 and moved onto land in 2007, once Iowa no longer required casinos to be on navigable waterways.

  • @royal_b
    @royal_b 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thumbs up on the floatie 😂

  • @tanyastiver9428
    @tanyastiver9428 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome job!!! That's a video like I had never seen before. Extremely fascinating and entertaining. Kudos and a big thumbs up to you all. Keep the awesome work. P.S. I would have rather belly floated on the huge floating than to raft as well. Lol

  • @shaynesmak3862
    @shaynesmak3862 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant guys . Im an Auz worked in there with a security cam team in 2001 upgrading camera system . Weve walked that same turf . So sad to see it like this . We were on it in sept 11 when planes hit / Didnt think we were goin home and ww3 about to start . That was so cool to see the games area too . Shit load cameras .

  • @oscardavidson2139
    @oscardavidson2139 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    a nice step into the past

  • @judydiaz9987
    @judydiaz9987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Worked on this casino boat in Burlington and Ft.Madison, Iowa

  • @Kevin_Bemis
    @Kevin_Bemis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome!

  • @nonapowless1872
    @nonapowless1872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incognito to the max 😂

  • @MrL4t3
    @MrL4t3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great .. seen a video of this before.

  • @michaelhensley5019
    @michaelhensley5019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sweet find 🥳

    • @abandonedcentral
      @abandonedcentral  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This one really was. Thanks for watching!

    • @michaelhensley5019
      @michaelhensley5019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@abandonedcentral gotta support my fellow Detroiters 🥳..

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelhensley5019 Yankee's are silly but I don't think their bad guy's!

  • @Penguinluvr68
    @Penguinluvr68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thought, this seemed familiar, been there. I'm, from the Quad City area. Rock Island, Illinois :)

  • @starbranded2654
    @starbranded2654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    RAD AF!!!!

  • @megamanx503
    @megamanx503 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    used to work at this casino. wish i was able to actually work on the boat. but i was a few years too late to do so sadly

  • @deniseshephard3347
    @deniseshephard3347 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whats lovely is that it isnt vandalised and its just left I guess it being in the middle of nowhere helps the peacock and the smaller floaties made me laugh

    • @abandonedcentral
      @abandonedcentral  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea this was really fun one to explore. It's awesome there was no vandalism.

    • @deniseshephard3347
      @deniseshephard3347 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abandonedcentral I think being in the middle of nowhere dosent just help it but with it being inaccessible to anything people would be watching to see if anything is out of order and report it I think their should be working camers around the vessel as a extra deterrent

  • @dwightmcqueen5771
    @dwightmcqueen5771 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sad to see good boats go to waste

  • @4stone2stoner0
    @4stone2stoner0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where is this located iv been looking for it for years. Please help!

    • @gaaraofthedesert71
      @gaaraofthedesert71 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am too as I've had many family members working here they the years. Google searches still incorrectly list it in Fort Madison, IA but I've not seen it there since 2009

  • @datsgweeen3410
    @datsgweeen3410 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What was in the duffel?

  • @stacibrown8219
    @stacibrown8219 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is this the old cat fish bend??? From Burlington?

  • @atir1008
    @atir1008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm surprised nobody tried to take the boat for themselves since its abandoned

    • @slummadekell7626
      @slummadekell7626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey man me and you can take it 🤷🏿‍♂️we'll be rich ...think about it

    • @datsgweeen3410
      @datsgweeen3410 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@slummadekell7626 lmao

    • @slummadekell7626
      @slummadekell7626 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@datsgweeen3410 he never got back to me lol 🤦🏿‍♂️unless he went behind my back and already got it ...

    • @datsgweeen3410
      @datsgweeen3410 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@slummadekell7626 most definitely

    • @datsgweeen3410
      @datsgweeen3410 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@slummadekell7626 most definitely,bro took it like he playin GTA

  • @mirrorgold9467
    @mirrorgold9467 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw someone on reddit said they owned an illegal casino boat

  • @sean2ez386
    @sean2ez386 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any one know where this is ?

  • @samanthalucas8070
    @samanthalucas8070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ABANDONED CENTRAL YOU GUYS ARE SO FUNNY THAT WAS ONE WAY TO USE POOL FLOATIE TO GET TO THE BOAT THAT WAS A AWESOME FIND WE LOVE BOAT IT’S IN AMAZING CONDITION

  • @abandonedroadside
    @abandonedroadside 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    By lungs!? Whoa!

  • @sshumkaer
    @sshumkaer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What wS the casino name

    • @angelbarnes6218
      @angelbarnes6218 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Catfish Bend , when it was a boat instead of the land casino.

  • @EthanRussell-d6y
    @EthanRussell-d6y 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro how is the bar still have alcohol after all these years

  • @CowpotePodcast62
    @CowpotePodcast62 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    oh my deal me in

    • @abandonedcentral
      @abandonedcentral  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This explore made me wanna go try my luck. It's been a few years since I hit the casino.

  • @dangrant4459
    @dangrant4459 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That boat is in my home town

    • @stacibrown8219
      @stacibrown8219 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where is it at?

    • @dangrant4459
      @dangrant4459 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stacibrown8219 dubuque iowa

    • @angelbarnes6218
      @angelbarnes6218 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where at in Dubuque?

    • @randalroe1929
      @randalroe1929 ปีที่แล้ว

      On the water brainchild!

    • @angelbarnes6218
      @angelbarnes6218 ปีที่แล้ว

      No kidding. There was water all over Dubuque area. North of Dubuque? South? By Catfish Charlies?

  • @bevolson7619
    @bevolson7619 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonder what will happen to it…

    • @balisongman07
      @balisongman07 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well that didn't age well lol

  • @chicagochef273
    @chicagochef273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    😂😂

  • @charlieave2315
    @charlieave2315 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    👀

  • @torreyk0820
    @torreyk0820 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its cut to take off the name of the casino