Casino plans emerge for Cedar Rapids riverfront district
A trio of proposed projects center on a 40 million Wild Rose site with 700 slots and 20 tables, Cedar Rapids Development Group and Peninsula Pacific teams behind a 165 million riverfront plan with 840 slots and 22 tables plus restaurants and entertainment, and a 105 millionEight Seasons Parking Ramp replacement scheme offering a gambling floor and skydeck with 550 slots and 15 tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Timmons
Wild Rose Entertainment
Steve Emerson
Hunter Parks
Hilton Hotel
First Avenue
Fourth Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Steve Gray
Peninsula Pacific
Brent Stevens
Cedar Crossing
First Avenue W
First Street
Cedar Rapids Development Group
Five Seasons
U.S. Cellular Center
First Avenue E
A Avenue
Fifth Street
Timeline of Linn County Casino Proposals and Votes
A chronology from 2003 to 2017 tracks attempts to locate a Cedar Rapids area casino. Key events include 2003 defeat of a casino measure, 2012 plans for an $80 to $100 million complex, 2013 voter approval of county gambling, 2014 Cedar Crossing license rejection, and 2016 2017 retooled bids by Cedar Crossing projects and market studies guiding license decisions.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Steve Gray
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Gaming Association
Cedar Rapids Development Group
Dan Kehl
Riverside Casino & Golf Resort
Cedar Crossing Casino
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Commission
Deadline Looms for Iowa Gaming License Bid
Investors behind Cedar Rapids casino plans reintroduce Cedar Crossing and Cedar Crossing Central options to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for a Linn County license. Competing proposal from Wild Rose Entertainment outlines a $40 million casino with 600 to 700 slots and 15 to 20 tables, plus a Riverfront Cedar Crossing complex at $165 million with 840 slots and 22 tables.
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Cedar Rapids
Riverside
Commission
Cedar Crossing
Greene County
Wild Rose Entertainment
Iowa
Steve Emerson
Hunter Parks
First Avenue E
DoubleTree Hotel
the Gaming Commission
Linn County
Gray
Dubuque
Edar Rapids
Cedar Crossing Central
Hilton Hotel
U.S. Cellular Center
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Steve Gray
Brent Stevens
Peninsula Pacific
The
Gazette
Racing and Gaming Commission
Wild Rose
First Avenue
Fourth Street SE
Iowa lawmakers push sweeping changes to public employee unions
Republican leaders move Senate File 213 toward law to curb collective bargaining powers for public employees. Public school teachers plan a Des Moines march as lawmakers press House Study Bill 84 and related union bills amid claims of a taxpayer fair balance.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Claire Celsi
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Steve
Emerson
B.A. Morelli
the Gazette
Capitol
Erin Murphy
Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
GOP
Laneaucust
Abby
Euesnenseccnes
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