Davenport · Iowa · Quad Cities
The Deepest Tables
in the Quad Cities.
Rhythm City Casino Resort — about 25 live tables, more than the other two combined
Three casinos serve the Quad Cities and they are not interchangeable. Bettendorf has the rooms — 509 of them, the most of any hotel in Iowa. Rock Island has the biggest floor by square footage. Davenport has the games. Rhythm City runs roughly 25 live tables against 14 in Bettendorf and 13 in Rock Island, which makes it the table player's casino in this market by a wide margin. It also has the spa, three restaurants and an event center, and it sits just off I-80 on the north side of town rather than downtown on the river.
Part of the Vantage Corridor Casino Network
Rhythm City Casino Resort
Elite Casino Resorts · 7077 Elmore Ave, Davenport, IA 52807
Rhythm City spent most of its life as a riverboat on the Davenport levee. On June 16, 2016 it moved — a genuinely new land-based resort on Elmore Avenue in north Davenport, close to I-80 rather than downtown. That relocation is why the property feels newer than its neighbors: it was purpose-built a decade ago rather than converted from a boat.
It's operated by Elite Casino Resorts, the Kehl family company out of Iowa. Elite also runs Riverside Casino & Golf Resort near Iowa City, Grand Falls in South Dakota, Grand Island in Nebraska, and Walker's Bluff in southern Illinois. In January 2026 Elite added the Burlington, Iowa property — now the Great River Casino Resort — bringing the group to seven.
Three restaurants · full-service spa · event center
Why the table count matters. In a three-casino market, table depth decides where dealers, regulars and tournament traffic settle. Twenty-five tables against thirteen and fourteen isn't a marginal difference — it means more games running at more limits on a Tuesday night, and it's the reason serious table players in the Quad Cities default here even when they're sleeping across the river.
Where to Stay in the Quad Cities
Play the tables in Davenport, sleep wherever suits the trip.
Rhythm City has 106 rooms and suites on site, which is enough for a weekend but the smallest of the three casino hotels here. If you want the biggest, it's ten minutes east: Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf has 509 rooms — the largest hotel in the state of Iowa. It's also a Caesars Rewards property, so a stay earns tier credits that carry to Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Orleans and the rest of the Caesars network. Plenty of people in this market play Rhythm City's tables and sleep at the Isle. It's a ten-minute drive and it doesn't cross a state line.
See Isle Bettendorf Rates — 10 Minutes East →Davenport.Casino earns a commission if you book Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf through this link, at no additional cost to you. We are not affiliated with Caesars Entertainment or Elite Casino Resorts.
Three Casinos, Two States, Fifteen Minutes
Davenport is the largest of the five Quad Cities
The Quad Cities are actually five — Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, Rock Island, Moline and East Moline in Illinois — with the Mississippi running between them. Davenport is the biggest of the five and the only one of the three casino cities where the property sits away from the river.
| Casino | City | State | From Rhythm City | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhythm City Casino Resort | Davenport | Iowa | On site | Elite Casino Resorts |
| Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf | Bettendorf | Iowa | ~10 minutes east | Caesars |
| Bally's Quad Cities | Rock Island | Illinois | ~15 minutes south, across the river | Bally's Corporation |
Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf
Bettendorf, Iowa
A Caesars property with 509 rooms — the largest hotel in Iowa. About 35,000 sq ft of gaming, 800+ slots, 14 tables, and Caesars Rewards. Same state, no jurisdiction change.
→ bettendorf.casinoBally's Quad Cities Casino & Hotel
Rock Island, Illinois
About 42,000 sq ft — the largest floor in the metro — with roughly 800 slots, 13 tables and 205 rooms, on Wicks Lake. Opened as Jumer's in December 2008 and rebranded by Bally's in September 2021.
→ rockisland.casinoTwo of the three are in the same state. Davenport and Bettendorf are both Iowa, so moving between them changes nothing — same regulator, same helpline, same sports betting account. Crossing to Rock Island changes all three. If you bet on your phone, that Illinois trip needs a separate app and a separate account.
What Else Is in Davenport
The biggest of the Quad Cities, and the one with a jazz museum
Figge Art Museum
A glass building on the downtown riverfront holding work spanning six centuries. It began in 1925 as the Davenport Municipal Art Gallery and moved into the current building in 2005 when the collection transferred to a nonprofit. It is the serious art museum of the Quad Cities and it is twelve minutes from the casino floor.
Modern Woodmen Park
Home of the Quad Cities River Bandits and one of the oldest ballparks in minor league baseball, sitting right on the Mississippi downtown. There's a Ferris wheel on the concourse and the river beyond the outfield. On a summer evening it's the best three hours in the metro.
Bix Beiderbecke
The jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke was born in Davenport in 1903, and the city has never let go of it. The Bix Beiderbecke Museum & Archive opened in 2017, and the memorial jazz festival draws crowds every summer with free concerts and jam sessions. If you know the name, this is a pilgrimage; if you don't, it's a good reason to learn it.
Getting here
Rhythm City sits off I-80 in north Davenport, which makes it the easiest of the three casinos to reach if you're passing through rather than staying. Quad City International Airport (MLI) is about twenty minutes away in Moline, across the river. Chicago is roughly two and a half hours east, Des Moines about two and a half hours west.
Iowa gaming rules
- Minimum age is 21 for casino gaming and sports betting in Iowa
- Regulated by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
- Every Iowa casino partners with a qualified nonprofit licensee that distributes a share of revenue to local causes — a structure specific to Iowa
- Iowa legalized sports betting in 2019; the in-person registration requirement was dropped in January 2021, so mobile signup works statewide
- Iowa does not permit online casino gaming
- Iowa has 23 licensed casinos statewide
Crossing into Illinois
- Rock Island is about fifteen minutes away and is a separate jurisdiction
- Illinois minimum age is also 21
- Illinois runs roughly 49,000 video gaming terminals in bars and restaurants — Iowa has nothing comparable. They are not casinos.
- Sports betting apps are geofenced by state and stop working at the river
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Play Responsibly
This is a two-state market, so both helplines belong here. Iowa and Illinois each run free, confidential, around-the-clock programs, and both offer statewide voluntary self-exclusion covering every licensed property.
- • Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission — irgc.iowa.gov
- • Illinois Gaming Board — igb.illinois.gov
- • Voluntary self-exclusion is available statewide in both Iowa and Illinois
You must be 21 or older to gamble in Iowa and Illinois. Davenport.Casino is an independent guide and is not affiliated with Elite Casino Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, the Illinois Gaming Board, or any casino property. Room counts, table counts, floor details and drive times are approximate and subject to change — verify with the property before you book.