There are huge "morals" factors here in Wichita that have set
precedent. My anticipation is that had the Segwick County folks
approved a destination casino, the entrance would have been swarmed
with religious protesters just as was Tiller's clinic and other
facilities that performed abortions. Truly, I am relieved that it
didn't go through in Wichita. I think it failed by 45% for to 54%
against. Not overwhelming. And, the vote (a separate one) for the
slots at the Greyhound Park failed by only 254 votes or something like
that. Unfortunately, that negative win results in the Greyhound Park
closing down and 250 folks out of jobs. That part I thought was a
pure shame.
But if Kansas "does it right", I think that a Wellington/Sumner County
destination Casino will draw a lot of Oklahoma folks away from the
Indian Casinos down there. Hope so anyway!
Yeah, I didn't get that one either..... We live only a few minutes from
the dog track in Frontenac which will be expanding & reopening. As
will
the dog track, I don't see the SE Kansas area supporting a
casino.....hopefully I'm wrong, but only adding slots at the track
won't
help that much.
Now the full, destination casino near the MO & OK border should go over
real well......they should take some of the OK casinos business.
rob
Rick & Lucky Lucy wrote:
> I don't understand why the Wichita folks voted the casino down. Oh
> well, their loss.
>
> No so in this area, it passed with about 85% approval. The first
> thing to happen will be adding slots and VP to the Woodlands race
> track. That will happen around the first of the year. Then comes a
> destination resort/casino/hotel complex somewhere near the Kansas
> Speedway (NASCAR track). Good for us, only about 20 minutes from our
> house. The Speedway is the hot area in Kansas City right now. The
> area already has a huge Cabela's, a Nebraska Furniture Mart, upscale
> shopping center, T-Bone's baseball stadium, lots of restaurants, etc.
>
> Just hope they come up with some decent VP.
>
> Rick
>
> --- In vpFREE_KC@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:vpFREE_KC%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Mike Abercrombie" <mikeaber@> wrote:
> >
> > AMEN! But I'm not so surprised to hear that the nickel VP machines
> > were in use. Playing 10-cent instead of nickel on them gives the
same
> > pay tables that the quarter machines had/have. Short-pay, Yes. But
> > if I'm going to play short-pay, I'd rather do it for the lowest
> > denomination I can find!
> >
> > There WILL NOT be a casino in Wichita nor anywhere in Sedgwick
County.
> > The most likely location for this part of Kansas is going to be in
> > Sumner County about 35 miles south of Wichita on the Turnpike (I-35)
> > around Wellington. I think proposals from Developers have to be
> > submitted by Oct 1 for that location. I don't know anything
about the
> > Kansas City location.
> >
> > --- In vpFREE_KC@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:vpFREE_KC%40yahoogroups.com>, "Rick & Lucky Lucy"
> > <luckylucy39@> wrote:
> > >
> > > It is now official, Ameristar has ZERO full pay VP machines.
The last
> > > two -- the 5-play along the wall across from the buffet -- are now
> > > history. They have been replaced by Game King multi-game with all
> > > games short pay. There was almost no one playing VP, just a few on
> > > the nickel machines, and this was Friday afternoon.
> > >
> > > As a side note, it seems strange that people would ignore 98% VP
> > > machines or 95% dollar slots and flock to the 86% penny slots.
I saw
> > > one woman feeding a penny machine the max bet -- $4.00 a pop! Oh
> > > well, that's what keeps them in business.
> > >
> > > They have also jacked up the buffet prices, lunch is now $12 each.
> > > This follows along with the Ameristar corporate policy of
juicing more
> > > and more out of their customers. No promotions, cutting back
on cash
> > > back and bounce back, and tighter comps. Casino reports in the
paper
> > > shows them with less attendance but revenues are still there
so their
> > > scheme is working (so far).
> > >
> > > We are anxiously awaiting the upcoming casinos on the Kansas
side of
> > > the river -- no boarding restrictions, no loss limits. Just
hope they
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--- In vpFREE_KC@yahoogroups.com, Rob Massa <rmassa@...> wrote:
> > > have some decent VP machines.
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
> >
>
>
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