An artist's rendering, from 2012, that shows a proposed casino at the former Atokad racetrack in South Sioux City, Nebraska. The tribe plans to open an events center named Atokad Park at the site.
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is lobbying lawmakers to authorize casino-style gaming in the state. The tribe wants to convert a former racetrack into a casino. That could happen as early as 2015 if lawmakers approve a constitutional amendment and voters enact it into law. "In my mind, I think it's a question of when, not if," Lance Morgan, a tribal member who serves as president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., the tribe's economic development corporation, told The Sioux City Journal. Class III gaming is legal in neighboring Iowa, where the tribe operates a casino. But non-Indian facilities are also legal there and a $128.5 million Hard Rock venue is going up just across the border, a development that heightens competition in Iowa and poses a risk to Nebraska. Get the Story:
Gambling advocates like their odds (The Sioux City Journal 1/27)
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