Business leaders in charge of the Hollywood Casino in Kansas City, Kansas, showcased a new plan Monday to build a hotel — more than 10 years after deadline — and at last deliver the long-awaited promise of a resort experience near the Kansas Speedway racetrack.
After Hollywood Casino welcomed its first gamblers in 2012, its owners had two years to start work on the complementary hotel. But that never happened. In 2015, owners cited proposed changes in casino taxation and gambling laws as reason to toss a $200 million, 250-room concept on the shelf. Hollywood Casino has been content enough to pay millions of dollars in damages over the past decade rather than build the hotel, a required piece under its development agreement with the Unified Government. But the game has apparently now changed.
