<p>Yates/Paric continues to make steady progress on the $375 million River City Casino, Pinnacle Entertainment&rsquo;s casino project on the Mississippi Riverfront in Lemay.<br /><br />Builders achieved a major milestone on the project recently with the successful completion of the 90,000-square-foot concrete barge that is now floating in the newly completed moat. The structural steel and roofing are complete, and exterior skin elements and interior drywall are well underway. <br /><br />Construction is on schedule and the casino is expected to open in early 2010, pending final approval by the Missouri Gaming Commission. <br /><br />River City, with the casino, a new public roadway and other amenities, will be among the largest developments in St. Louis, and is in one of its most densely populated areas. <br /><br />Yates/Paric is a joint venture partnership of W.G. Yates &amp; Sons Construction Company of Philadelphia, MS and Paric Corporation.</p>