Cherokee Nation Businesses of Catoosa, Oklahoma, won a political victory Thursday in the years-long back-and-forth battle to build a casino near Russellville.
The Pope County Quorum Court, following the wishes of County Judge Ben Cross, voted 7-6 to exclusively support the Cherokee Nation’s bid to build a $300 million Legends Resort and Casino just outside Russellville on land CNB bought for $35 million along Interstate 40.
The vote by the justices of the peace came on the heels of a late November ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court that stripped CNB of its gaming license, one of four that state voters approved when they passed Amendment 100 in November 2018.
