People in Missouri are still a little hesitant about gambling - NIMBY, ya know. The folks down at the Lake (of the Ozarks) voted it down. So anybody driving down to the lake or Branson is a potential customer for Springfield. There's only one tourist spot in SW Kansas and it's Boot Hill. So I would caution the good people about putting all their eggs in a casino basket or it will sit empty too. With gas supposedly getting to $4 a gallon this summer, I expect the tourist traffic in
DC will be down again this year because they're only one way to get there - by car. (Air, but that's not usually a good option)