Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway has paid Wyandotte County over $12M for not building hotel

Saturday, February 18, 2023 8:06 PM
  • Thomas Friestad, Kansas City Business Journal

The owners of Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway have paid more than $12 million in penalties for failing to build a hotel in conjunction with the casino.

Kansas Entertainment LLC, a joint venture between PENN Entertainment and International Speedway Corp., now part of NASCAR, since 2015 has made $12.1 million in annual payments to the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas.

The yearly sums range between $988,215 and $2,333,850 over that timeframe, according to data obtained through a recent records request.

The penalties stem from Kansas Entertainment’s failure to build a hotel as stipulated in its September 2009 casino development agreement with the Unified Government.