MADISON, WI-Gov. Scott Walker says he plans to meet with the leaders of various Indian tribes to reach consensus on the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin's plan to build an $800-million off-reservation casino in Kenosha.
The meeting is prompted by last week's approval of the Menominee tribe's off-reservation casino application by the US Department of the Interior, which now sends the plan to Gov. Walker, who has the last word on the casino's approval under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal.
Gov. Walker, who has maintained a no-net gaming policy, has given the Menominee tribe and its tribal chairman, Craig Corn, 60 days to meet his criteria for approving new Indian casinos in the state. The governor says he would approve a new casino if it resulted in no new net gaming, received community support, and sercured the approval of all 11 Indian tribes.
Under the governor's guideline, the Menominee tribe would have to move existing gaming operations from its casino in Menominee County to the planned project site at the former Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha. See story in the Milwaukee Business Journal.
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