From this documented Bossier City venue, the straight-line distance is 4.8 miles to Shreveport, 179.9 miles to Dallas, 213.3 miles to Houston, 277.9 miles to New Orleans, and 353.5 miles to San Antonio, all measured as straight-line. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.
The fixed point this article can describe
For a query about Bossier City casinos, the fixed venue point documented here is Boomtown Bossier City in Bossier City, Louisiana. Publicly published reference sources identify it as a hotel and casino in Bossier City, Louisiana, with coordinates at 32.51, -93.73277778.
That fixed position is what makes a distance table possible. The venue stays in one place, while a reader's starting point can be anywhere, so the most defensible way to describe reach is to use documented straight-line measurements to named reference points.
Where it sits in Louisiana
The venue is in Bossier City in the state of Louisiana. Based on the documented coordinates, it sits in the northern part of Louisiana rather than the southern part, and it is west of the state's eastern boundary.
The same coordinates also place it slightly north of the latitude used by many Gulf Coast reference cities in the table below. That matters because regional orientation helps more than a guessed driving route when the only supported measurements are great-circle distances.
Documented straight-line distances
| 参照点 | 直线英里 | 测量类型 |
|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 1609.3 | great-circle |
| San Antonio | 353.5 | great-circle |
| Toronto | 1093.3 | great-circle |
| Houston | 213.3 | great-circle |
| Ford Field | 895.8 | great-circle |
| San Antonio Texas | 353.5 | great-circle |
| Washington DC | 1034.6 | great-circle |
| NYC | 1228.2 | great-circle |
| Modesto | 1575.9 | great-circle |
| New Orleans | 277.9 | great-circle |
| Charleston Reddit | 802.5 | great-circle |
| San Francisco | 1654.0 | great-circle |
| Rehoboth Beach Delaware | 1129.7 | great-circle |
| Lake George | 1320.4 | great-circle |
| Daytona Beach | 783.2 | great-circle |
| Sacramento Airport | 1615.3 | great-circle |
| Houston Texas | 213.3 | great-circle |
| LAX | 1426.2 | great-circle |
| Manhattan | 1228.2 | great-circle |
| Chicago | 729.0 | great-circle |
| Charlotte | 762.3 | great-circle |
| Bourbon Street | 1245.7 | great-circle |
| San Jose | 1623.3 | great-circle |
| Topeka Kansas | 464.0 | great-circle |
| Syracuse | 1201.1 | great-circle |
| Arlington TX | 197.8 | great-circle |
| Denton TX | 203.1 | great-circle |
| Atlanta | 547.1 | great-circle |
| Atlantic City | 1176.2 | great-circle |
| Biloxi | 318.1 | great-circle |
| Boston | 1411.7 | great-circle |
| Buffalo | 1080.3 | great-circle |
| Dallas | 179.9 | great-circle |
| Denver | 801.5 | great-circle |
| Detroit | 895.4 | great-circle |
| Gulfport | 310.7 | great-circle |
| Henderson | 1234.9 | great-circle |
| Kansas City | 457.8 | great-circle |
| Lake Charles | 160.5 | great-circle |
| Las Vegas | 1244.5 | great-circle |
| Laughlin | 1210.2 | great-circle |
| Los Angeles | 1416.8 | great-circle |
| Miami | 939.1 | great-circle |
| Milwaukee | 793.3 | great-circle |
| Minneapolis | 862.1 | great-circle |
| Niagara Falls | 1078.4 | great-circle |
| Oklahoma City | 298.1 | great-circle |
| Orlando | 784.1 | great-circle |
| Palm Springs | 1319.8 | great-circle |
| Philadelphia | 1152.5 | great-circle |
| Phoenix | 1063.7 | great-circle |
| Pittsburgh | 938.6 | great-circle |
| Portland | 1781.0 | great-circle |
| Reno | 1529.6 | great-circle |
| San Diego | 1360.9 | great-circle |
| Seattle | 1820.3 | great-circle |
| Shreveport | 4.8 | great-circle |
| St Louis | 466.9 | great-circle |
| Tampa | 742.6 | great-circle |
| Temecula | 1354.7 | great-circle |
| Tulsa | 280.0 | great-circle |
| Tunica | 253.5 | great-circle |
How to read the mileage correctly
Every figure in the table is a great-circle measurement, sometimes called straight-line or as-the-crow-flies distance. It is useful for geographic comparison because it puts every reference point on the same basis, without mixing in route choices, traffic patterns, bridge crossings, or detours.
It is not the same as road mileage. Real trips bend around water, follow the available street and highway network, cross state lines where crossings exist rather than where the straight line points, and sometimes take indirect approaches because the road grid does not line up with the shortest geometric path.
Terrain and built infrastructure also matter. Even where the land itself looks simple on a map, rivers, industrial land use, limited crossings, one-way approaches, and urban street layout can all make the traveled route longer than the straight-line figure shown here.
What this means for a Bossier City search
The keyword here is plural, but the documented venue point available for this article is a single named property in Bossier City rather than a full citywide inventory. That means this page can anchor the geography of one fixed Bossier City casino location and can show how far that point is from many reference cities and landmarks in straight-line miles.
It should not be read as a complete list of every casino property in Bossier City. Publicly published reference sources also note a name-match caution, so venue figures should not be transferred from one Bossier City property to another unless the source clearly identifies the same property.
Ownership and venue identity
Publicly published reference sources identify the venue as Boomtown Bossier City, formerly Casino Magic Bossier City. The same sources state that it is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment.
Those identity details help when checking the current property page, because casino ownership and branding can change over time. If you are comparing maps, listings, or booking channels, matching the exact venue name and city matters more than relying on a generic search phrase.
What to confirm before you go
This article gives fixed-position facts and documented straight-line distances, not live trip planning data. Before setting out, confirm the venue name, current branding, and any visitor-facing details that can change, using the property's own contact and information pages.
If you need road mileage, parking details, opening hours, hotel availability, or event information, the authoritative current answer is on the venue's own site, map service listing, or guest services channel. Those are the places to verify changeable items because straight-line geography does not answer operational questions.
If your own starting point is not one of the named references in the table, use the venue coordinates 32.51, -93.73277778 in a map tool and measure from your location there. That will give you a route based on your actual origin rather than forcing a guess from a city you did not name.
FAQ
How far is this Bossier City casino from Shreveport?
The documented straight-line distance from this venue point to Shreveport is 4.8 miles, measured as great-circle distance. That is a geographic reference, not a road figure. If you need the traveled route, check a current map service because road mileage will be longer than the straight-line number shown here.
Does this page show driving distance from Dallas, Houston, or New Orleans?
No. It shows documented straight-line distances only: 179.9 miles to Dallas, 213.3 miles to Houston, and 277.9 miles to New Orleans, each measured as great-circle distance. Driving mileage is a different measurement and depends on the actual road network, so it is not published in this article.
Is this article about all Bossier City casinos or one venue?
It is anchored to one documented venue point in Bossier City, Louisiana: Boomtown Bossier City. That lets the article describe a fixed location and compare it with named reference points. It does not establish a complete citywide list, and it does not apply this venue's identity details to any other Bossier City property.
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