On Feb. 6, the Iowa and Racing Gaming Commission voted to allow Linn County to build a casino. I won’t sugarcoat the impact to our community: It is significant.The loss of revenue could impact jobs and casino offerings, but most importantly it will reduce our community benefit by approximately $500,
A judge said Wednesday he won’t put a temporary hold on a state license for a Cedar Rapids casino, but said Linn County ballot language to allow gambling in the county may have “caused confusion in the mind of the voters” and said the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort has “shown a reasonable likeli
A pair of new bills introduced Wednesday into the Iowa House & Iowa Senate aims to ban the development of the Cedar Crossing Casino development, even after the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission award developers a gaming license.State Rep. Megan Jones (R-Clay County) and State Sen. Scott Webster
Iowa’s Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC) has unanimously denied a request by Riverside Casino & Golf Resortand its nonprofit affiliate, theWashington County Riverboat Foundation, to immediately pause the issuance of a gambling license for a new casino in Linn County. The request, which was als
A proposed five-year moratorium on new state-licensed casinos in Iowa will not be passed into law, a key legislator said Tuesday, clearing the way for state regulators to decide later this week on a proposal for a new casino in Cedar Rapids.Iowa Sen. Ken Rozenboom, a Republican from Oskaloosa, annou
I remember watching Saturday morning cartoons as a kid. I watched my cartoon heroes face all kinds of perils. I learned that if you venture into the ocean, you will be immediately circled by sharks. If you wander too far into the woods, you will soon be sucked into quicksand. Finally, if you end up
A moratorium bill potentially banning new gaming licenses in Iowa is retroactive, meaning it could overwrite an upcoming decision set to be made by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC) on Thursday.It would be second casino ban in the last five years, and it is advancing through the Iowa stat
The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC) will hear legal arguments in January regarding a petition challenging the validity of a 2021 public referendum that authorized gambling in Linn County. The petition, filed by Riverside Casino & Golf Resort and its nonprofit affiliate, argues that the
Iowa’s state gambling regulators will hear arguments on a petition filed seeking to scuttle efforts to build a new casino in Cedar Rapids, but will not pause its review and decision on granting a Linn County casino license.The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission met Thursday morning in Burlington at C
A new grassroots coalition called Iowans for Common Sense has launched a campaign to blocka proposed casino in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, citing concerns over potential harm to other casinos and surrounding communities. The coalition's initiative includes an ad running in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, urgin
Representatives of several Linn County nonprofit agencies touted the financial benefits of a proposed Cedar Rapids casino for their organizations during a news conference Oct. 10 at the Four Oaks administrative offices on Collins Road NE in Cedar Rapids.Developers of the proposed $275 million Cedar
On Thursday in Cedar Rapids, leaders from over a half-dozen non-profit organizations in the Linn County area came together to lend their support to the Cedar Rapids casino project, which has pledged to donate 8% of proceeds to non-profits in the area.As the Linn County Gaming Association continues w
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