Please order prints or digital files and pay use fees through this website. Reproduction (printing, downloading, or copying) of images from Kansas City Public Library requires permission and payment for the following uses, whether digital or print: publication reproduction of multiple copies personal, non-educational purposes and advertising or commercial purposes. General Collection (P1), Casinos-Sam's Town, Number 1 Part of the casino actually was afloat on the Missouri River. It did not stay in operation very long and closed in 1998, being the first Missouri casino to do so. Sam's Town, opening in 1995, was one of the early casinos built in the Kansas City area after Missouri voters approved gambling. Birmingham Road in Randolph, Missouri, west of I-435 and south of Highway 210. Exterior view of a portion of Sam's Town Casino located at 6711 N.E.