The Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation of Kansas presented plans for a Class II gaming facility in Illinois at a public meeting on Tuesday night.
Treasurer Hattie Mitchell said the casino will create 655 construction jobs and 400 permanent jobs, The DeKalb County Chronicle reported. She estimated $17 million in annual payroll and $12 million in purchases from vendors around the state, the paper said.
The 128-acre gaming site falls within the historic Shab-eh-nay Reservation in present-day DeKalb County. The tribe has filed a land-into-trust application for the property.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is preparing an environmental impact statement for the project. Written comments on the scoping report can be submitted through February 22.
Get the Story:
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's plan reviewed at Bureau of Indian Affairs forum
(The DeKalb County Chronicle 1/27)
Feds Hear Pros And Cons of Shabbona Gambling Complex
(Northern Public Radio 1/27)
Residents Respond to Gambling Center Proposal
(WIFR 1/26)
$P Federal Register Notice:
Notice
of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Prairie Band
Potawatomi Nation's Proposed Trust Acquisition and Gaming Facility Project,
DeKalb County, Illinois (January 6, 2016)
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