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Ford County Approves Wind Farm
Found: 1 Month 12 Hours 53 Minutes ago
KAKE 10 News - The Ford County Commission has authorized a company to move forward with plans for a wind farm in the county's southeast corner....
Western Kansas County Approves Wind Farm
Found: 1 Month 14 Hours 31 Minutes ago
KSNT 27 News - The Ford County Commission has authorized a company to move forward with plans for a wind farm in the county's southeast corner....
Three charged in bludgeoning attack on Dodge man
Found: 1 Month 1 Day 1 Hour 36 Minutes ago
The Hutchinson News - DODGE CITY - Three Dodge City residents suspected of bludgeoning a man last week have been charged w ......
City loan program will help pay for remodeling of inns
Found: 1 Month 2 Days 12 Minutes ago
The Hutchinson News - DODGE CITY - Dodge City leaders approved loans Monday night for two local innkeepers seeking to impr ......
Dodge leaders agree to proposed sewer site despite opposition
Found: 1 Month 2 Days 18 Minutes ago
The Hutchinson News - DODGE CITY - Dodge City Commissioners agreed Monday night to put a proposed new wastewater treatment ......
Robert L. Gladman
Found: 1 Month 2 Days 19 Minutes ago
The Hutchinson News - DODGE CITY - Robert Lee Gladman, 81, died Oct. 18, 2008, at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge ......
Crash In Ford County Kills Teen Driver
Found: 1 Month 2 Days 13 Hours 27 Minutes ago
KAKE 10 News - A car was involved in a head-on collision with a semi....
Olathe company picked for casino in Ford County
Found: 1 Month 3 Weeks 4 Days 21 Hours 55 Minutes ago
KWCH 12 News - Associated Press - September 26, 2008 5:34 PM ET Corrected Version TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A review board chooses an Olathe company to run the state-owned......
State panel delays casino decision
Found: 1 Month 4 Weeks 1 Day 22 Hours 51 Minutes ago
The Salina Journal - By CHRIS GREEN
Harris News Service
TOPEKA — A state panel voted Friday to delay by a week its selection of a developer to build and manage a destination casino in Dodge City.
The Kansas Lottery Facility Review Board said it needed additional information about financing of each project in order to gauge which one has the best chance of success.
Butler National Service Corp. of Olathe and Dodge City Resort and Gaming Co. of Wichita are vying for a 15-year contract with the Kansas Lottery and have proposed building similar projects in Ford County.
Board members said they wanted confirmation that both groups would be able to secure financing.
“There obviously isn’t confidence on this board for approving either one with just a week left,” chairman Matt All said.
The board plans to meet again next Friday, which is the deadline for picking a winning developer or asking the Kansas Lottery to enter into further negotiations with prospective developers.
Consultants advising the seven-member board have predicted that each project would average $50 million in revenue and 700,000 visits a year.
But a crisis in financial markets is making it more difficult to secure credit. Investors have generally become more wary of casino projects, and board members said they were wary of that situation, one of the board’s consultants said.
“We can’t afford to make a mistake at this point,” board member Bob Boaldin said.
Wichita attorney Steve Joseph said that Dodge City Resort and Gaming investors have more than $200 million in net worth and could fund their entire $60 million permanent casino complex. But not all of the assets are in cash or in assets easily converted to cash.
Butler National has faced questions about whether it has enough cash to fund its $87.5 million project, despite a recent promise that a minority group of investors would infuse $20 million in cash.
For the company to complete both phases of its project, Butler National must have up to $60 million in loans. Company officials have said Butler National has a firm commitment from a Kansas bank, which is more tied to a state’s economy benefitting from higher oil, gas and grain prices than Wall Street....
State board quizzes casinos about cash
Found: 2 Months 1 Day 8 Hours 32 Minutes ago
Wichita Eagle - The battered economy prompted members of the state board picking the companies that will manage state-owned casinos in Kansas to focus much of their time Thursday on how applicants expect to pay for their plans.The Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board conducted its final round of questioning of three remaining Wyandotte County applicants and two vying for the Ford County casino. The panel plans to decide today who gets the two contracts."It's going to be a real hard decision and a complicated decision because we have good applicants and close competition in both zones,"said chairman Matt All.On Tuesday, Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. pulled out of the Wyandotte County bidding, citing the "current turmoil in the financial markets."Another Wyandotte County bidder, Las Vegas Sands Corp., dropped out in July, citing increased borrowing costs as a factor.Still in the running in Wyandotte County were Legends Sun, Golden Gaming Inc. and Kansas Entertainment, a partnership of Kansas Speedway and Cordish Co....
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