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Horse industry races to stop casino plan

 
By Tony Thornton | Published: May 31, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

A proposed Indian casino in Oklahoma City would "virtually destroy” horse racing in Oklahoma, the industry's regulatory agency claims.

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Ads claim 25,000 jobs are at stake
A Shawnee Tribe official has said its casino would bring 751,000 new visitors to Oklahoma City each year. Remington Park would benefit, not suffer, from the new casino's success, the tribe asserts.

An ad campaign to be launched today disputes that claim. The campaign, called "25,000 Jobs,” will include newspaper and television ads, plus a Web site, www.25000jobs.com, which its backers say represents the number of jobs to be lost if the new casino is built.

Remington Park is the campaign's main financial backer.

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In a letter dated Thursday, the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission asked U.S. Interior Secretary Dick Kempthorne to kill the Shawnee Tribe's request to build a 2,000-machine casino and 18-story hotel at Interstate 35 and Britton Road.

The agency's letter coincides with a media blitz aimed at urging Oklahomans to contact the federal government before a June 9 comment period ends.

Additionally, Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett joined Oklahoma's two U.S. senators and U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin this week in a letter urging Kempthorne to reject the casino plan.

"We believe the tribe has no legal or historical claim to the current site,” states the letter, signed by Cornett; Fallin, R-Oklahoma City; and U.S. Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee and Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa.

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