Alabama
Watch the former Argosy casino riverboat sink off the Alabama coast
Watch this Greater Cincinnati casino sink off the Alabama coast
The Argosy VI sunk July 1, becoming part of Alabama’s artificial reef.
One of Greater Cincinnati’s first riverboat casinos sunk off the Alabama coast July 1.
Argosy VI was a four-level, 408-foot-long riverboat casino that operated in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, until 2009. The boat once held the title of the “world’s largest riverboat casino,” holding up to 4,407 people and over 1,700 slot machines.
The boat is now part of Alabama’s artificial reef system off the state’s Gulf Coast. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources previously sunk a retired 271-foot coastal freighter in 2013 and a 250-foot former research vessel in 2018.
Watch the boat sink here: