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Friday, Aug. 19, 2005 | 9:39 a.m.
WICHITA, Kan. -- The Sedgwick County Commission's decision to put off a referendum on building a casino may have ended plans for a resort casino in Park City, former Wichita mayor Bob Knight said.
The commission agreed at a meeting Wednesday to indefinitely defer voting on the referendum.
"The governor and the state tell us we have to get local approval and this was the way," said Knight, who is helping Park City lobby for the casino. "Now we can't get that. Most of our options are pretty much foreclosed on."
In January, Knight and other supporters unveiled plans for a $200 million resort casino, with a 300-room hotel, three restaurants, an event center and an indoor-outdoor water park. The proposal is for construction in conjunction with the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska under the American Indian Gaming Act.
Two developers also have competing plans to build a hotel and casino in downtown Wichita.
In August, the five commissioners had supported a nonbinding referendum on the issue.
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