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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, 2009Reporter: Anna Baxter; Amanda Barren Email Address: anna.baxter@wsaz.com; amanda.barren@wsaz.com |
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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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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.
Why was the Mayor from Charleston there?
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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