Nebraska has no need for additional horse racing tracks beyond the six already licensed in the state.
That finding in a report prepared for the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission puts a damper on efforts to license at least six more tracks across the state and thereby stem the construction of new casinos that would be built at each of the tracks.
The report from The Innovation Group of New Orleans found that Lincoln’s Legacy Downs, Grand Island’s Fonner Park, Omaha’s Horsemen’s Park, South Sioux City’s Atokad, Hastings’ Fair Play Park and Columbus Exposition and Racing will have “more than sufficient capacity to allow for a tripling or quadrupling of racing in Nebraska.”
