After six years of legal wrangling, supporters still have a roll of the dice to save plans for a $320 million Cherokee Nation casino and resort in Russellville.
A three-day federal trial is set next month in Little Rock in the tribe’s effort to revive its Pope County casino license, which voters statewide voided by approving Amendment 104 to the Arkansas Constitution on Nov. 5.
Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC of Catoosa, Oklahoma, sued shortly after the vote, asking the federal courts to find Amendment 104 unconstitutional and halt it from taking effect. The tribal business has invested scores of millions of dollars in the gambling hall project, Legends Resort & Casino.
