13th Casino License Goes to Cape Girardeau!
Yes we have something to celebrate all right - the 13th Casino License Goes to Cape Girardeau!
Thanks to everybody who helped oppose the proposed casino at Old Chain of Rocks Bridge. All your letters and postcards and other efforts really paid off because we know our voices were heard by the State Gaming Commission.
Asked why St. Louis lost out, Gaming Commission Chairman Mathewson said: “We received stacks and stacks of opposition, just baskets of it, from the area. We also had a lot of positives. And I think probably the biggest single concern there is, is that market already well-covered” with casinos.
Now we very much look forward to the sale of the Koman land to Great Rivers Greenway, so that we can then plan for appropriate development at the site at the foot of the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge that would protect and enhance the area for future generations.
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