The St Joe Frontier Casino is ready to roll, after being closed for three months by Missouri River flooding. General Manager Craig Travers says the gambling facilities will be open to the public Thursday, but the casino-proper will open Thursday.

“Our immediate plans are now confirmed with Missouri Gaming, that we will be opening the boat to the public Friday morning at 8 a.m., for the complete facility which would include not only the casino but the restaurants and bar, all the facilities that are located on land,” Travers said.

Travers said the Missouri Gaming Commission re-certified the facility, as if it were opening for the first time.

“This was basically a facility that had been closed down for three months,” he said.

“It’s a standard requirement of Missouri Gaming, that you would go through and re-test all the systems, re-verify and re-certify all the machines, re-certify and re-count all the money that’s brought back into the building, the normal procedure you would be going through as if you were opening brand new to a certain extent.”

Travers says nearly all the casino’s employees have reported back to work.

“They made it through the summer. We were able to subsidize their incomes throughout the summer to keep them healthy, and ready to go back to work,” he said.

“They’ve all reported back to work as of Monday.”