POPE COUNTY, Ark. — More than four years have passed since Arkansans approved a constitutional amendment to put one of four newly legal casinos in Pope County, but odds are strong the long-delayed project will wait at least a few more months.
A final legal challenge by a rival for the gaming license remains, and a Little Rock judge who declared the case his top priority held two hearings last week and seemed on the cusp of issuing a decision certain to be appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
The appeals lawsuit, an amended complaint by Mississippi’s Gulfside Casino Partnership, challenges the license of Legends Resort & Casino, a $225 million project of Oklahoma gaming operator Cherokee Nation Businesses.
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