For Churchill Downs, the questions focused mainly on the company\u2019s plans to build the casino on the west side of Terre Haute. The other three proposals offered sites on the other side of town, which was also the area preferred by city and Vigo County leaders.<\/p>\n
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Carstanjen told commissioners that while the company was confident with the site it chose, it would be willing to entertain moving to an east-side site. That’s especially since a winning Churchill bid would mean the other proposed sites became available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He echoed those comments to reporters after the meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand why people went with those sites, but we love our site\u2026 If there’s a sense that we ought to switch sites, we’d be happy to consider that. But we love our site and that’s our first choice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett told Casino.org<\/em> after the meeting that he\u2019s hoping Churchill Downs would reconsider. City and county officials liked the eastern locations because they were closer to the western half of Indianapolis. They hope the casino would be able to draw a significant portion of guests from the state\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n\u201cThey say they can make it work. But I’m hoping they’ll reconsider now that these other properties are going to become available,\u201d <\/strong>the mayor said. \u201cLet’s see if they can’t work something out.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS \u2013 The Indiana Gaming Commission on Wednesday selected Churchill Downs as its pick to own and operate the state\u2019s 13th casino. It’s a $240 million development that will be located in the west central city of Terre Haute in Vigo County. After six hours and a couple of votes, the IGC picked Churchill Downs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":192352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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