Nebraska voters approved pari-mutual betting on horses back in 1934,Īnd for decades, Nebraska was the only state that offered such gamblingīetween Chicago and California. Thoroughbred horse racing industry in the state. “Legacy Downs,” which McNally said is in honor of the long-running Implemented, could add $100 million statewide to a property tax reliefĪlso on Saturday, the Lincoln Race Course will be officially renamed It’s been estimated that casino gambling, when fully Million a year in property tax relief for the City of Lincoln and McNally projected that the Lincoln facility will generate about $5 The permanent casinos will include table games, such as blackjack, as well as slot machines, officials said. “We’re spending every penny and effort we have to develop these two,” Morgan said. Will be pursued when the permanent casinos are completed in Lincoln and In South Sioux City, is “on the back burner,” according to Morgan, and Omaha casino will be located in the infield of the racetrack, she said.Ī third WarHorse casino project, at the former Atokad Park racetrack

Horsemen’s Park is a 28-year-old facility, McNally said, and must beĪlmost torn down to accommodate construction around it.

Until April or May, said Lynne McNally, CEO of the Nebraska Horsemen’s Horseman’s Park, but a temporary casino won’t be ready for occupancy 77 in southwest Lincoln.Ĭonstruction will also begin soon on a second casino, at Omaha’s WarHorse has converted a simulcast/sports bar facility to accommodateĤ33 slot machines while a $200 million casino and hotel complex isīuilt around it, just off U.S. To consider final approval of the casino license of WarHorse Gaming The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission will meet Friday afternoon Gambling counselor who is himself a recovering gambling addict. Intense as any addiction out there,” said Mike Sciandra, a Lincoln-based In preparation for the opening, problem gamblers are being urged to file a “voluntary self-exclusion form” to bar their admission to the casino and the temptation to gamble. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and operator of WarHorse. Morgan, president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic wing of the

“We have every expectation that we’ll get a license,” said Lance Lance Morgan, president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., parent company of WarHorse Gaming. Track, is scheduled to open at 10:30 a.m. Morning in the Capital City, pending approval by the state gamingĪ temporary casino, located at the Lincoln Race Course Thoroughbred LINCOLN - Nebraska’s first casino is expected to open Saturday A $200 million casino is planned at the Lincoln Race Course by WarHorse, a subsidiary of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

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