Casino executive touts Louisville, N. Ky. sites

FRANKFORT– Louisville and Northern Kentucky each could handle a “mega” free-standing casino as well as smaller gambling operations at nearby racetracks, an international casino executive said Monday. Bill Weidner, president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., told the House work group on casinos that Northern Kentucky, which can serve as many as 2.5 million people within a …

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Tue, January 15th, 2008

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