The operators of Grants Pass Downs and the Flying Lark, an adjacent gambling, dining and drinking establishment, [on Monday] notified the state that it will lay off 226 workers at the end of February-if the Oregon Racing Commission fails to approve its application to install 225 betting machines.
“We are waiting for authorization to open from the Oregon Racing Commission,” wrote Flying Lark chief administrative officer Katy Burris in a notice to the state. “We expected to have a decision by December, but recently learned that now the Department of Justice must issue a decision before the Oregon Racing Commission will determine whether we can open and the Department of Justice is delaying its decision.”
