“I wasn’t losing enough money on her so I thought I’d get another one,” Wireman chuckled. It is currently going through repairs in Bayou La Batre. Wireman also owns the second largest riverboat in the world, the Argosy, which is about 10 feet shorter than The Glory of Rome. ![]() It is powered by six 2,000-hp engines used for propulsion and ship operations. Glory of Rome, built in 1998, is 452 feet long and 100 feet wide. The ship housed a casino across the river from Louisville, Kentucky, until Indiana ended its requirement that casinos be housed in operating riverboats. “She’s got an occupancy rate of 5,000 people plus crew. “She’s the largest riverboat and gaming boat they’ve ever made,’’ Wireman said. ![]() ![]() It is now in Bayou La Batre and should pass through Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Perdido Key this month on its way to dockage in Pensacola sometime in the next week. Orange Beach developer Larry Wireman has purchased the largest riverboat in the world, The Glory of Rome, and it is now making its way towards what could possibly be a permanent home in Pensacola.Īfter traversing the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, the riverboat moored at at the mouth of the Mississippi River just south of Venice Louisiana waiting for storm related waves in the Gulf of Mexico to calm down. developer buys largest riverboat in world Pensacola a possible final destination
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