District Court in August arguing the tribe doesn't have the legal authority to open a casino in Sedgwick County. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed a lawsuit in U.S. The Department of the Interior rejected the tribe’s request to build the casino in 2014 but took regulatory steps last spring to reverse that decision. The tribe bought the 10-acre site in 1992 and has tried to open a casino there ever since. “More traffic means more people spending money at restaurants, staying at hotels, shopping at small businesses around the area, and not to mention, it will bring new jobs,” Cruse said. She said the casino has the potential to expand the local economy by attracting more people to that growing area of the county. The casino is in Sedgwick County Commissioner Lacey Cruse’s district. 77th Street and I-135, features hundreds of slot machines and video gaming machines, a bar and café, and a high-limit lounge.
Department of the Interior last May, a decision the state of Kansas is seeking to reverse.ĬrossWinds Casino was operating in a temporary gaming facility for months while the new 20,000-square-foot building was constructed.
The Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma built the CrossWinds Casino after receiving approval from the U.S. A new casino owned by a Native American tribe opened Tuesday in Park City.
