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New Casinos Unlikely in Time for Super Bowl18 February 2004DETROIT, Michigan -- As reported by the Detroit Free Press: ``Detroit's three permanent casinos -- or at least two of them -- got a step closer to reality Tuesday, but it's a small step. ``Several attorneys said it could take another month or two before casino owners can put shovels in the ground to start new gambling palaces. The casino-hotels are unlikely to be ready in time for the 2006 Super Bowl in Detroit. ``On Friday, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati sent back to a Grand Rapids federal judge the drawn-out 1997 lawsuit between the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Chippewa Indians and the city over casino licenses. Attorneys received the order Tuesday. ``...The appeals court said that U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell, who has handled the case since it was filed in 1997, should decide whether to approve a settlement proposal. The case has been overturned twice on appeal..." |