Casino

[TexKan]

Well thanks to you for explainin like ya did Clueless. I just figgered they were private investors and I couldn't quite make that leap from BHM to BHG but then ya don't get lots of business in nursing school. Very few organizations really have a revitlization of a city at the forefront when there is money to be made. I love Boot Hill and I'm real impressed with how the board has put this together. It will not only pump monies into one of my favorite places but also into my favorite town! Trust me when the Texas crew comes pheasant huntin like they do every year they will leave more money than usual. Texas loves to gamble. I think ya'll are awsome and I retract every under the table comment I made. I'm on board - how much ya need??? LOL LOL

[deuce91]

After thinking about this over the weekend, I still left with a nagging question. Why does Boot Hill Museum want to be involved in the gaming process? All areas of Dodge, according to info from the state and what's been presented here, will be "better". (My personal opinion is that it will only be a positive in this current cesspool! So, you have my vote of yes regardless!) Setting those feelings aside, gaming just is not a "natural extension" of Boot Hill Museum's mission statement. I understand the logic of keeping most of the dollars here in DC and not have another company funnel money away. The more I process, the more I cannot believe that we have such "selfless" visionaries in DC that are only thinking about Boot Hill and not their pockets. Call me once burned, twice shy. I predict a lot of money staying here in DC, but funneled away in someone else's pocketbooks and not where it needs to go.

[TexKan]

Well ya can't stop a movin train............... no matter who the engineer might be. I'm pretty much like you - kinda pessimistic at times specially when it comes to small towns and money but it seems that perhaps there are visionaries sittin on the BHM board. Time will tell I guess. I'm leanin toward the 1/2 full glass.

[Clueless]

Redhead18 -

I'm confused with your questions. Any casino facility that's built in Dodge City will be funded with private money-not public and there are no bond purchasers. So the public doesn't have a vote on where it goes. The owner will build it where they think the best location is. Where is Boot Hill? Is it close to what you call an "off beat area"? If Boot Hill's mission is to help itself and help downtown and local motels, the Depot and retail - shouldn't the casino be near all of that? How do you help downtown if you build the casino on the outside of town?

We all get to vote on whether we want gaming, but we have no say in who builds a casino or where they build it (except, of course, for zoning and conditional use permit restrictions).

You're right that others can 'out-bid' Boot Hill Gaming for the right to build the casino. That's fine - that's what competition is. The difference is that if it goes to an Indian tribe, or any out of area developer - so will the profits. That's the only difference - everything else would be the same - including location if they want to be near downtown.

Last - yes, it could be 3 years before the doors open because none of the rules or regulations have been written. However, I think the best info source is the Lottery and gaming commission, not the Wichita Eagle.