Wisconsin doesn’t need yet another casino. Gov. Scott Walker should reject the bid for an off-reservation casino in Kenosha. The market is already saturated, according to a university study last fall. Virtually everyone in Wisconsin is within a two-hour drive of a casino, UW-Green Bay professor Daniel Alesch determined. So any revenue for a new casino would come from another tribe or community that already has a casino. That’s not economic growth. It’s a shift in economic activity and jobs.Get the Story:
Editorial: More casinos are a bad bet (The Wisconsin State Journal 10/2) Bureau of Indian Affairs Documents:
Press Release | Fact Sheet: Menominee Nation Decision | Section 20 Determination: Menominee Nation Off-Reservation Casino Kurt Luger: Off-reservation casino requires tribal consensus (10/1)
Opinion: A bad bet on an off-reservation casino in Wisconsin (10/1)
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