Quapaw Tribe faces even more competition for casino in Kansas

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Artist's rendering of the proposed Castle Rock Casino Resort in Kansas. Image from CRCR

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Another bidder has stepped into the running for a commercial casino in southeast Kansas.

A Nevada-based company wants to build the $130 million Castle Rock Casino Resort in Cherokee County. The 80-acre site is very close to the Downstream Casino Resort, an Indian gaming facility owned by the Quapaw Tribe.

"I think it's an interesting proposal," Chairman John Berrey told The Cherokee County News-Advocate. "If it was at all realistic it would be exciting."

The site of the former Camptown Greyhound Park in Frontenac, Kansas. Image from Google Maps

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The tribe is working with its own Nevada-based partner to turn the defunct Camptown Greyhound Park into a commercial casino. The site in Crawford County is 40 miles south of Downstream.

"I think our proposal's more realistic," Berrey told the News-Advocate.. "We know what we're doing and everyone knows us. We can deliver something really special."

Another developer is eying Crawford County. Applications for the sole southeast Kansas license are due December 19.

Get the Story:
Cherokee County endorses Castle Rock Casino Resort (The Cherokee County News-Advocate 11/25)
Plans for $130 million casino presented to Cherokee County Commissioners (The Joplin Globe 11/25)
Investors seek to develop SE Kansas casino (AP 11/25)
Wichitans push for $147 million casino in southeast Kansas (The Wichita Eagle 11/25) Related Stories:
Quapaw Tribe faces competition for Kansas commercial casino (10/30)