The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission voted to approve the application for Cedar Crossing Casino and Entertainment Center on Thursday morning at its February meeting in Altoona.
Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell celebrated the decision, which she said has been a “David versus Goliath” situation since the beginning, and “by God the story ended the same way — let’s hear it for David.”
“Honestly, a cataclysmic day for Cedar Rapids and Linn County,” O’Donnell said to reporters. “Linn County, Cedar Rapids, deserves this.”
Project planners intend to break ground on the project Friday. Jonathan Swain, a board member with Peninsula Pacific Entertainment, the developing group behind the project, said he was “shovel ready” for the project he has spent 12 years planning.
