Developer proposed $300M casino in north St. Louis County
A group called North County Development LLC, based in Wood River, has submitted plans for a $300 million casino, with an attached golf course, on 376 acres in unincorporated Spanish Lake. The area is on Riverview Boulevard, just north of the Interstate 270 bridge in the Chain of Rocks area.
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