Indian Tribe May Try For New Casino Gambling Near Chicago
Leaders of an American Indian tribe from Kansas are still mum about plans for a large parcel of land they purchased last month near Chicago.Three years ago, tribal officials spoke of building a casino on the 128-acre site. But on Tuesday, the tribal chair of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation said she is just happy to "reacquire" a small piece of her ancestral land."It's up in the air right now," tribal Chair Tracy Stanhoff said in a telephone interview following a morning news conference near the property.
"All types of economic development are in play."The tribe already operates a successful casino on reservation land north of Topeka in Mayetta, Kan. Officials in Shabbona, Ill. speculated the recent land purchase for nearly $9 million, about 60 miles west of Chicago, might be the first step toward building another casino.But Stanhoff declined to discuss development plans and criticized the intense focus on possible plans for a casino.
May 9, 2006
Posted By Susan Torres
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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