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Nebraska Casino Won't Transform City

OMAHA, Nebraska – As reported by the Lawrence World-Journal: "Casinos could draw more people from out of town and convention business to Omaha, but tourism officials don't expect the city to be transformed into a Middle West Las Vegas.

"'If I'm driving across America and I have my wife and two kids in the back of the car, would we stop in Omaha because of the casino? Maybe,' Carl Winston, director of the Hospitality and Tourism Management Program at San Diego State University. 'Is it going to be a tourism boon? I wouldn't bet on it.'

"…There are two competing plans on the Nov. 2 ballot to legalize casinos in Nebraska. Amendment 3 would allow two casinos in the state, with locations to be figured out later. Initiatives 417 through 420 would specify two casinos in Omaha, with an additional 4,900 video poker and slot machines at locations throughout the state.

"Even backers of legalizing casinos say casinos in Omaha would not change the city into a Vegas-type attraction…"

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