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Iowa Commission to Hear Casino Applicants

IOWA – As reported by the Iowa Press-Citizen: "…On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission will hear a presentation for the Riverside casino project and nine other applicants hoping to be licensed.

"The applicants will meet in Des Moines and each will give a 45-minute presentation. If the gaming commission approves the Riverside project's license in May, construction would start this summer and the facility could be open in 2007.

"The meetings mark the state's most intense review of the gaming industry since the first three riverboat gambling licenses were approved in 1991.

"…The Riverside project would include a 200-room hotel with meeting rooms, a 1,200-seat entertainment center and a casino/food service area with 24-hour diner, buffet and steakhouse. The facility also would include 32 gaming tables and 1,100 slot machines.

"The highlight of the casino would be the golf course, to be designed by Rees Jones, one of the world's premier golf course designers…"

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