Just to clarify it was not my point, I did not make the post quoted in Kerry's previous post, OKCMallen did who quoted my post. One problem Las Vegas has is they overbuilt high end casinos. The casino developers forgot about the middle class customers that helped contribute to its growth in the 1990's. Station Casinos which made a name for itself with locals casinos that catered to middle class locals started building higher end casinos such as Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock Casino. Although the Fertitta family that have controled the comany over the years have made a ton of money off the UFC, Station Casinos filed Chapter 11 because they overbuilt in Las Vegas and have lost customers to tribal casinos in California. Since the economy tanked, a lot of the higher end casinos have had trouble filling hotel rooms and getting people to gamble.

One risk Oklahoma has is the saturation of too many casinos, especially if Texas ever legalizes casinos. I think Winstar would lose a significant amount of business if any casinos are built in the Dallas area. I remember when Lone Star Park Racetrack was built in Grand Prairie, Texas, Remington Park lost some of its business. Winstar itself has hurt some of the casino business in the Shreveport/Bossier City area that used to come from Dallas. Ever notice the Horseshoe Casino billboards between
Thackerville and Dallas on I-35? I think this is one of the reasons we will not see non-tribal gaming in Oklahoma anytime soon besides the reasons listed in previous posts.

Bigray in Ok