Shreveport Councilmember Gary Brooks says this has given them an unfair advantage over Shreveport’s Bally’s and Sam’s Town casinos. Nearby Bossier City did not ban smoking at its three riverboat casinos. Now some local lawmakers are concerned that the ban has had a negative effect on casino patronage. In August 2021, Shreveport became the 30 th Louisiana district to ban indoor smoking in commercial properties when it enacted Ordinance 51 to turn the ban permanent. Amid COVID-19 restrictions in June 2020, the council passed a temporary indoor smoking ban for bars and casinos in the Shreveport area. Shreveport City Council members are discussing the repeal of an indoor smoking ban that it imposed in 2021.
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