NEW INFO: Racetrack Breaks Ground on Hotel
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Updated: 9:48 PM Jun 24, 2009
NEW INFO: Racetrack Breaks Ground on Hotel
On Wednesday, state leaders and project coordinators broke ground on a casino hotel. The project has to be completed by August 2010. The deadline is three years since the time the table games issue was given the go-ahead by Kanawha County voters.
Posted: 9:17 AM Jun 24, 2009
Reporter: Anna Baxter; Amanda Barren
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UPDATE @ 9pm
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- At Tri-State Race Track, officials are making good on a project promise that also happens to be state law.

On Wednesday, state leaders and project coordinators broke ground on a casino hotel. The project has to be completed by August 2010. The deadline is three years since the time the table games issue was given the go-ahead by Kanawha County voters.

But the folks behind the project say -- while they know time is counting down -- they feel it was a benefit to the state.

The hotel has been scaled down a bit. It went from 250 rooms to the minimum required by state law, which is 150. If the hotel isn't up and running by August 2010, the track will owe the state $2.5 million.



ORIGINAL STORY
NITRO, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center is ready to break ground on its hotel.

A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.

The racetrack plans to build a 150-room hotel that will be four stories high. It will have a Mardi Gras theme.

Part of the deal that voters approved was that a hotel would be built by August of 2010. If the racetrack misses the deadline it faces a $2.5 million fine each year.

The hotel is much smaller than first reported. The racetrack originally announced it would be a 250-room hotel.

We will have a crew at the ceremony. Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the very latest information.

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Posted by: C230 on Jun 25, 2009 at 10:41 AM

Some people can talk the talk, but can't walk the walk. I bet you $50 with odds at 6-1 that "Anti-Gambler" would be out there with her finger on the slot button if she had the chance without fear of being judged by others.
Posted by: Penelope on Jun 25, 2009 at 10:06 AM

Why was the Mayor from Charleston there?
Posted by: jamie on Jun 25, 2009 at 09:47 AM

to amy you hope they keep the slots loose? i didnt know they were loose. not for anyone that i know!!!!!!please tell me what group of machines you play
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