Lawyer confident of opening for Kialegee Tribal Town casino

Thursday, January 26, 2012  

The Kialegee Tribal Town of Oklahoma will open a temporary casino in late March or early April, attorney Dennis Whittlesey said.

The tribe started work on the Red Clay Casino. Opponents are questioning the legality of the site -- it's on a restricted Indian allotment -- but Whittlesey is confident the facility will open.

"If we allow political decisions to determine whether tribal projects can open, based on local opposition, there'd never be a tribal project opened anywhere in the country of any kind," Whittlesey told KRMG-TV.

The temporary casino will offer 480 gaming machines, according to Whittlesey.

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Attorney speaks out for Red Clay Casino developers (KJRH-TV 1/25)
Attorney: no legal case to stop Broken Arrow casino (Fox23 News 1/25)
Lawyer: No Way To Stop Building Of Casino (KTUL-TV 1/25)
Kialegee attorney says tribe has proper approval for casino (The Tulsa World 1/26)
Spread of casinos not likely, says attorney (The Tulsa World 1/26)

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