Casino jobs may help Racine - 2004-01-09
As the Kenosha area waits for word on a planned $400 million casino, this county will sit on the sidelines not knowing if it would share in the promised economic boom.

The Menominee tribe has reached agreement with Dairyland Greyhound Park to buy that 230-acre complex for $40.5 million. Kenosha developer Dennis Troha's company would build for the tribe a casino and "entertainment destination center" that could cost more than $400 million.

The project, which is subject to local, state and federal approvals, could offer gambling entertainment from slot machines, blackjack and roulette to pari-mutuel wagering. Greyhound racing could continue.
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HUDSON CASINO: U.S. court to hear 3 tribes' case - 2004-01-09
A federal appeals court in Chicago will hear arguments later this month in a legal dispute involving three Chippewa tribes' efforts to open a casino at a defunct greyhound race track right outside the Twin Cities, a tribal attorney says.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a hearing Jan. 16 in a dispute that revolves around the constitutionality of the U.S. Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Red Cliff Tribal Attorney Dave Ujke said Wednesday.

At stake was nearly 10 years worth of efforts by three northern Wisconsin bands of the Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe to develop a Las Vegas-style casino near a large population of people.
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