“Let others give [casinos] a try,” Holdcroft told the Legislature’s General Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n
The committee eventually voted 4-3 against LB311, effectively terminating the casino bill for the state’s 2023 session.<\/p>\n
With LB311 dead for 2023, the Nebraska casino study remains scheduled for a deadline of Jan. 1, 2025. With the first casino expected to open only in 2024, Lowe says the gaming probe will present limited impact findings.<\/p>\n
\nWe need real-world data,” Lowe said before the vote on his measure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Caesars Entertainment, which partnered with the Platte County Agriculture Park on the east side of Columbus to develop its casino, plans to open a temporary casino this month. Its full-scale, permanent resort, Harrah’s Nebraska, is slated to open in March 2024.<\/p>\n
WarHorse Gaming, a partnership between the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and the Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, is developing WarHorse-branded casinos in Lincoln and Omaha. WarHorse also has the development rights for South Sioux City’s Atokad.<\/p>\n
WarHorse Lincoln opened its temporary casino last September. The permanent resort is targeting a 2024 opening.<\/strong><\/p>\nIowa-based Elite Casino Resorts is developing the Fonner Park casino that’s to be called Grand Island. Fonner Park. It opened a temporary casino in December. The permanent resort is being delayed until 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nebraska casino expansion supporters have successfully blocked a legislative effort to prevent further expansion of gaming in the Cornhusker State until possibly 2029. Nebraskans approved the state’s Racetrack Gaming Act through a 2020 ballot referendum. The vote amended the state constitution to allow commercial casinos at the state’s six horse racetracks. The commercial gaming law, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":262274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[13363,81899,82104,82388],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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