PENN GAMING TO PRESENT PROPOSALS

IT'S PENN NATIONAL GAMING'S TURN TO SHOW OFF THEIR TWO PROPOSALS FOR A NEW LAND BASED CASINO IN WOODBURY COUNTY.

PENN, WHICH OPERATES THE ARGOSY RIVERBOAT CASINO, IS PROPOSING EITHER A 160-MILLION DOLLAR DOWNTOWN CASINO ON GORDON DRIVE OR A 167-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT AT THE I-29 PORT NEAL INTERCHANGE.

KAREN BAILEY OF PENN GAMING SAYS THE PROPOSED GORDON DRIVE CASINO WOULD BE BUILT BETWEEN NEBRASKA AND JENNINGS STREETS NEAR TWO WELL KNOWN RESTAURANTS WHICH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE:



BOB KNOWLER, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE NEW NON PROFIT PARTNERING WITH PENN GAMING, SAYS SEVERAL BUSINESSES WOULD BE RELOCATED:



BAILEY SAYS PENN HAS LAND OPTIONS ON ALL THE AFFECTED PROPERTY, AND RELOCATION EXPENSES FOR AFFECTED BUSINESSES ARE IN THEIR BUDGET. A NEW HOTEL IS NOT PART OF THE DOWNTOWN PROPOSAL'S FIRST PHASE.

BAILEY SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE PENN IS ALREADY PARTNERING WITH OTHER HOTELS IN THE CITY.

PENN GAMING WILL HOST A PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THEIR TWO OPTIONS TUESDAY EVENING AT 6PM AT BEV'S ON THE RIVER.