McNally says Horsemen’s will be completely gutted. Lincoln’s facility will likely move at a faster pace because the facility is newer. That’s expected to take two years from the day of the groundbreaking. Ten months after construction begins, she says a transitional facility will be open with gaming machines like slots to be used until the entire Warhorse facility is complete. McNally still hopes to break ground on the new casino at Horsemen’s Park in Omaha by late spring. Sage reminds the community that since the ballot initiative passed in 2020, and Governor Ricketts signed it in May of 2021, they’ve had to create a new agency, hire staff for positions that never existed before, create applications for employees and gaming operators, and much more. I know it’s slow, it’s really quite a process that we have to go through.” “I would tell the citizens of the state and people that voted: it’s coming. “I know the citizens and the people of Nebraska are frustrated, I hear it every day, ‘when are we going to get a casino? No, we’re not going to get them, people are going to stop them,’ so on and so forth,” says Sage.

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