5 O’clock Somewhere, No Poker at Margaretville, Big Bass Pro Shop in Bossier La. . . . .

Margaritaville Resort Casino is a casino hotel in Bossier City, Louisiana. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment and uses its name under license from Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville.

The casino has 26,500 square feet gaming space with 1,200 slot machines and 50 table games. The hotel has 395 rooms in an 18-story tower.

Bass Pro Shops History . . . .

Bass Pro Shops started in 1972 when Johnny Morris started selling fishing tackle out of his dad’s Brown Derby Liquor Store in Springfield, Missouri. His father, John A. Morris, was a World War II veteran and often took the family hunting and fishing. Johnny Morris has said his parents, Genny Morris and John A. Morris, taught him to love fishing, hunting, and the outdoors The first Bass Pro Shops catalog was created in 1974.[6] In 1978, Morris introduced Tracker Boats, the first boat, motor, and trailer package designed for anglers.

In 1981, Morris opened the first Bass Pro Shops outdoor store in Springfield. 1987 is when Morris bought a large, empty plot of land, and one year later, he opened Big Cedar Lodge on Table Rock Lake in Missouri’s Ozark Mountains.

In 2017, Morris opened the Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium in Springfield’s Bass Pro Shops, which is considered the largest wildlife attraction in the world. In the same year, Bass Pro Shops struck a deal to acquire Cabela’s for about $4.5 billion.