It was fantastic day for live horse racing at Atokad! Thanks to all the people who came out to support and watch the...
The racetrack in South Sioux City, Nebraska, held its first and only race of the season on September 10, 2016. Photo by Ho-Chunk Inc
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The economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska welcomed a crowd to its new racetrack on Saturday.
Even though the track at the former Atokad Downs in South Sioux City was only open for one race, interest was strong. About 300 people turned out for the event, The Sioux City Journal reported.
"I think we planned for about 250 and we had about 300 hundred giveaway gifts and 300 programs to give out, and we ran out," Alexcia Boggs, a director of development for Ho-Chunk Inc., the tribe's
development arm, told the paper.
Ho-Chunk Inc. wants to turn the track into a full-fledged casino. But efforts to put the issue on the November ballot fell short this year.
Ho-Chunk Inc. owns Indianz.Com but the website is not involved in the corporation's activities.
Read More on the Story:
Atokad gallops back into South Sioux City
(The Sioux City Journal 9/11)
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