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WyCo delays review of Las Vegas Sands casino proposal
Kansas City Business Journal,
Friday, March 7, 2008 at 1:10:44 PM
Kansas City, Kansas--A $750 million casino proposal by Las Vegas Sands Corp. will have to wait for a chance for endorsement by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan.
Because of an extension in a simultaneous state-level process, the planning commission won't consider the planning and zoning request as scheduled on Monday, the Unified Government said in a late Thursday release. The next regular meeting is April 14, but it's likely that the request would be considered at a special meeting, Chief Counsel Hal Walker said Friday.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday approved the Kansas Lottery Commission's request for 60 more days to negotiate contracts for the 13 proposals. That moved the deadline from March 28 to May 27.
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