Bally's Evansville's Fixed Position and How to Measure It

The venue's position is fixed; your starting point is not

Bally's Evansville sits at 37.972756, -87.580219 in downtown Evansville, Indiana. The straight-line distance from St. Louis is 149.0 miles, measured great-circle. Road distance is always longer, and this article does not publish driving miles or travel times.

If your search included "me," "here," or "my location," that starting point does not exist in any fixed reference system. The venue's coordinates do not change. Your position does. The workable approach is to compare the venue's fixed coordinates against a city you know, then measure from your own origin using a mapping tool.

What the coordinates tell you

The latitude 37.972756 places the venue in the southern half of Indiana, well below the state's geographic center. The longitude -87.580219 puts it west of the state's midline, close to the Illinois and Kentucky state lines. Evansville is the seat of Vanderburgh County and sits on the Ohio River, which forms the border with Kentucky to the south.

Relative to larger regional anchors, the venue is west-southwest of Louisville, east of St. Louis, and north of Nashville. Those relationships come from the coordinate pair alone and hold regardless of road networks.

Documented straight-line distances to reference points

Every figure below is a great-circle measurement between the venue's coordinates and the coordinates of the listed reference point. None of these figures is a road distance, and none should be used to estimate driving time.

Some reference points appear more than once because the underlying distance matrix lists them under variant names, such as "Houston" and "Houston, Texas." Where both entries exist, the figure is identical because the coordinate pair is the same.

Why road distance differs from straight-line distance

A great-circle line ignores terrain, water, and the actual road network. Between Evansville and any reference point, the road route follows highways that bend around the Ohio River, the Wabash River, and state boundaries. The Ohio River itself forces crossings at a limited number of bridges, which adds distance that a straight line does not account for.

Crossing from Indiana into Kentucky or Illinois also changes which road corridors are available. A route that looks direct on a map may require a long diagonal through rural counties, or a detour to a bridge crossing. None of that is captured in a straight-line figure.

What the venue's documented profile shows

Bally's Evansville is a casino hotel and entertainment complex in downtown Evansville, Indiana. According to publicly published reference sources, the property opened in 1995 and is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Bally's Corporation. These details describe the venue's corporate structure and history, not its current hours, bingo schedule, or any live offering.

The opening year of 1995 is a documented historical fact. Facility figures such as room counts, machine counts, and floor area are revised as properties are rebuilt and expanded, so no such figures are repeated here.

How to measure from your own starting point

Because the venue's coordinates are fixed, you can measure your own straight-line distance with any mapping tool that accepts latitude and longitude. Enter 37.972756, -87.580219 as the destination and your current location as the origin. The tool will return a great-circle figure if you select that measurement mode, or a road distance if you request driving directions.

For actual travel planning, request road directions rather than a straight-line figure. The road network around Evansville follows the Ohio River and the state borders, so the shortest road route will not match the great-circle line.

What to confirm before you go

This article describes the venue's fixed geographic position and documented profile. It does not state whether bingo is currently offered, on what schedule, or in what space within the complex. Those details change and are outside the scope of a geography explainer.

Confirm the following through the venue's own channels before travelling: whether bingo is offered at all, the session schedule, the room or hall where it is held, any admission or buy-in requirements, and the venue's current operating status. The venue's own website and guest services line hold the current answer; no third-party distance article can.

FAQ

Does Bally's Evansville offer bingo?

This article cannot confirm a current bingo offering. The venue is a documented casino hotel and entertainment complex in downtown Evansville, Indiana, but live offerings, schedules, and room assignments change. Check the venue's own website or contact guest services directly for the current bingo schedule and location within the complex.

How far is Bally's Evansville from Chicago?

The straight-line distance is 270.1 miles, measured great-circle between the venue's coordinates and Chicago's coordinates. Road distance is longer and depends on the route chosen. This article does not publish driving miles or travel times. Use a mapping tool with the venue coordinates 37.972756, -87.580219 to obtain a road route.

What is the closest major city to Bally's Evansville?

Among the reference points documented in this article, St. Louis has the shortest straight-line distance at 149.0 miles. That is a great-circle measurement and does not represent road distance. Evansville itself is a city in southwestern Indiana, and the venue sits in its downtown area near the Ohio River.

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