Casino Decisions in Kansas

The casinos are coming to Kansas, and the state government is having a tough time deciding where they should be located. Each of the proposals that they will get will have to be carefully looked at so they can decide where the new slots should have their new home. Residents and county officials alike are trying to narrow down proposals to send on to stake their claim to getting slots in their neck of the woods.

In the case of Kansas City, there are four such proposals to be decided upon, as there are four locations that would benefit from the addition of slots. However, their local government does not want to only send on proposal for that would only give them one shot at getting the slots. Nor do they want to send all four locations as that would not give them much say over how things were handled in their city.

Experts say that there is a good chance that they will endorse two or three of the proposals, which would give them a fighting chance at getting the slots in Kansas City. The city has long attempted to get slots, and now that they are having their chance at them they don’t want to blow it.

There will only be one slots casino built in Wyandotte County, and the Woodlands will be getting somewhere around 800 slots as well. The commission says that they want to let them know that they want the slots, but that there are only certain locations that they would allow them to come into. They will be holding public hearings to discuss the proposals and welcome residents’ opinions in regards to each of them.

Missouri riverboat operators are assuredly not looking forward to the addition of slots and casinos in Kansas, as they will take the biggest hit from the addition. Experts say that the slots will have to leave their waterways if they hope to compete.


 

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