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
$P Kurt Luger: Off-reservation casino
requires tribal consensus (10/1)
Opinion: A bad bet on an off-reservation
casino in Wisconsin (10/1)