Nebraska: North Platte counselor urges council, community to consider casino’s impact

Sunday, August 15, 2021 9:54 PM
  • Tim Johnson, The North Platte Telegraph

Ron Felton has been a counselor for more than four decades and nearly all of his clients have some form of a gambling problem.

Given that, Foster does not support a proposed five-eighths-mile oval horse track and eventual 32,0000 square foot casino in North Platte. But he is not openly opposed to the project either.

He just wants to make sure that all issues on the matter — including the societal impact concerns — are considered before a decision is made.

“I just think people need to have a good discussion over all the questions (surrounding the facilities),” Felton said from his office in North Platte earlier this week.