Come play our way in Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana! Experience 24-hour gaming action, riverfront entertainment, distinctive culture, festivals, and mouth-watering food. Stroll through 118 acres of roses, experience 200 hands-on science exhibits and our IMAX Dome Theatre, and discover our historic downtown between two cities!
Shreveport and Bossier City are "Rolling on the Red" with five dockside riverboat
casinos. Come feel the excitement where luck abounds at SamÕs Town Hotel & Casino
Shreveport. Experience the brand-new Diamond Jacks Casino and Resort, formerly Isle
of Capri. If you like jazz, jambalaya and jackpots, the Horseshoe Casino & Hotel
is a sure bet! At Eldorado Casino discover fine dining and great gaming. And Boomtown
Casino's western flair will give you a real sense of adventure.
At the area's premier thoroughbred racetrack, HarrahÕs Louisiana Downs, the choices
are all yours. It is home to thrilling, world-class thoroughbred racing, first-class
cuisine and an array of gaming activities. ItÕs your ticket to non-stop entertainment.
Shop till you drop at the new Louisiana Boardwalk, the regionÕs largest outlet,
lifestyle, dining, and entertainment destination. Have a blast shopping, catching
a movie, bowling, dancing at a club, trolley rides, watching the synchronized water
fountain dance to music, taking a whirl on the carousel, dining at any of the various
restaurants, and strolling along the promenade overlooking the Red River. Visitors
can also take advantage of a visitor information center. Recently opened stores
include Gap Outlet, Banana Republic Outlet, Eddie Bauer Outlet, ChicoÕs Outlet,
White House/Black Market Outlet, and Yankee Candle Outlet.
The Gardens of the American Rose Center, located on 118 acres, is headquarters for the American Rose Society and the home of America's largest garden dedicated to the rose. Over sixty individual rose gardens make a glorious tribute to the nation's official flower.
Sports enthusiasts will enjoy the variety of opportunities in Shreveport-Bossier City. From water skiing to football and bicycling to hockey, we have it all. Home to the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs ice hockey team, Shreveport Sports baseball team and the Bossier City Battlewings af2 football team, Shreveport and Bossier City host a number of professional and amateur competitions.
In the Shreveport-Bossier area, fine museums, art galleries and heritage centers explore everything from the Caddo Indians to Western art, pioneers and the railroad. Festivals celebrate crawfish, the arts, poke salad, oil, rosebuds, black heritage, chili cooking, and Mardi Gras.
A stop at the Stage of Stars Museum will shake things up with a walk through musical history at this music museum located inside the historical Municipal Auditorium, most famous for the Louisiana Hayride, a country music variety radio show program broadcast live from its stage. ItÕs on this program that Elvis Presley played his first professional gig for a whopping $18 a week. The Stage of Stars Museum features interesting memorabilia including instruments, clothing and photographs of many of the stars who have performed there over the years.
As a neighbor to Texas, it is inevitable that Shreveport-Bossier has a bit of East Texas flair to complement its Louisiana flavor. The R.W. Norton Art Gallery is the ideal place to get a feel for the Old West. The gallery exhibits paintings, watercolors, drawings, sculptures, and personal writings from renowned western artists Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell.
The 8th Air Force Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base is a journey through the dynamic history of strategic bombardment. Three-thousand feet of displays take the visitor on an historic journey from World War I to the present. The museum features uniforms, dioramas and even authentic barracks as they were in peacetime and wartime. Also on display are more than a dozen actual aircraft dating back to World War II.
Imagination is the key at the hands-on Sci-Port Discovery Center in Shreveport. Opening November 18, 2006, Sci-Port will be home to the worldÕs first open-access, interactive Space Dome Planetarium as part of their exciting new Space Center! Add to that a sixty-seven thousand-square-foot display area and IMAX Dome Theater and there's fun for everyone. Like the universe itself, the Discovery Center will be continually evolving. Parents and children can challenge their creative thinking and problem-solving skills, generating excitement that lasts long after the visit has ended.
Performing arts play a role in Shreveport-Bossier's cultural heritage as well. A prime example is the elegant Strand Theatre. Originally built in 1925 by the Saenger Brothers, the theatre was used as an opera house and movie palace. Today it features off-Broadway plays, symphony concerts, ballet, opera, and a host of other activities.
While you're in Shreveport-Bossier, a special treat is sampling authentic Louisiana Cuisine. All over the country, people have tried to duplicate our Cajun specialties. We serve up the best in barbecue, Italian, French, Mexican, and Oriental, all with that special Louisiana flair.
There's year-round entertainment in Shreveport-Bossier for the entire family. Pick a month to visit. We'll supply the fun!
Shreveport-Bossier Convention & Tourist Bureau
P.O. Box 1761 629 Spring St Shreveport, LA 71101-3645
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