The Slidell City Council plans to weigh in on the proposed $250 million casino and hotel development on the eastern side of St. Tammany Parish near Lake Pontchartrain, but not until shortly before the Louisiana legislative session begins in April.
Council members were slated to vote Tuesday on a resolution supporting a state bill that would allow parish voters to say yes or no to gambling on the site. In order for casino operator Peninsula Pacific Entertainment to build its proposed casino, parish voters would need to reverse — at least partially — their 1996 vote barring casinos and video poker.
But at the urging of St. Tammany Parish Councilman Jake Airey, who represents the area where the Los Angeles company wants to build, the council postponed voting on the matter until its March 23 meeting.
