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After a weekend of cleaning up from Friday's blaze, the Empress Casino is still not open. There's no word when it will be up and running.
The fire broke Friday morning in the pavilion where a $50 million renovation was underway. The casino floor was, for the most part, unharmed.
The riverboat puts an estimated $1 million a month in the the community.
A make-shift human resources office has been set up in a trailer next to the hotel where the 850 Empress employees can pick up their pay checks. It reportedly opens this morning,
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