Preservation: The Storm Takes Away...
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By: Mark Boardman 04/01/2008
Dealing in Dodge
Legendary cowtown Dodge City, Kansas, is betting on gambling as an economic development and tourism tool.
Voters last June approved a luxury casino to be built on the edge of town, in the hopes that it will pump a projected $80 million into the local economy and it will increase the number of visitors, currently 70,000 a year, down 30 percent from its heyday when TV’s Gunsmoke spread the city’s name far and wide.
Locals got a big shock in January, though, when engineering consultants said the city will have to ante up $33 million in infrastructure improvements. The city has not disclosed where it will get that money.
Expect three or more years to pass before the casino complex is finished.
All in all, this casino is big stakes for a town of less than 10,000 residents.
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