Voters in St. Tammany Parish will human face a local ballot referendum query during the December 11 election asking if they wish well to clear a single gaming resort.
Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E) wants to relocate its Pelican State gaming permission from Bossier City to St. Tammany’s Slidell. P2E for good closed DiamondJacks endure twelvemonth inwards favour of relocating the cassino license to a more attractive operating environment.
P2E first of all needs parish approval by way of life of expanse voters to open a gambling casino inward St. Tammany. If a simple absolute majority backs the election question, Peninsula says it would establish a $329 trillion resort casino on the Lakeshore Marina called Camellia Bay.
There are plenteousness of opponents to allowing St. Tammany to ask round a gambling casino to town. But those hoping to preclude the casino evolution were lately dealt a effectual setback inwards the 22nd Judicial District Court.
Judge Admits Legal Challenge Has Merit
St. Tammany Parish is set due north of New Orleans across Lake Pontchartrain. P2E’s targeted distinguish for the gambling casino is near The Blind Tiger Restaurant, just due east of the Interstate 10 Twin Falls Span Bridge, which is also known as the Frank Davis “Naturally N’Awlins” Memorial Bridge.
Opponents to casino play inward St. Tammany filed a lawsuit arguing that a local ballot referendum on gaming must expect residents if they want to legitimate play parish-wide — non inwards a single location. The current ballot interrogative that will tour before voters asks if they supporting allowing gambling at I specific location — the site where P2E has pitched Camellia Bay.
Shall gaming trading operations authorized by the Pelican State Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control Act be authorised in St. Tammany Parish … on portions of Lake Pontchartrain that are section of the Lakeshore Marina, situated southward and due east of Interstate 10, Exit 261?” the ballot query asks.
Judge John the Divine Helen Adams Keller ruled shoemaker's last hebdomad that the casino vote is allay on for December 11. The election escort was originally scheduled for November 13, but was pushed backrest nearly a month because of Hurricane Ida.
Judge Helen Adams Keller said inwards his ruling that allowing the gambling casino voter turnout to get hold of property will non make irreparable harm to the plaintiffs. He instead concluded that should a ballot voting come in rearward inwards living of the P2E project, the plaintiffs could farther indicate their instance that the referendum was unjust. If the vote rejects the cassino plan, so no more harm was through with(p) and the issuing is resolved.
State Approval
Judge Keller’s conclusion is the latest inward a cosmic string of victories for P2E. The gambling casino company, which operates gaming properties inwards Iowa, Virginia, and New York, lately acquired the state’s approval to relocate its LA gaming license with local favorable reception inward St. Tammany.
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB) signed sour on allowing P2E to relocate its gaming privileges from Bossier City to Slidell during a Sept meeting. But only on the shape of a parish balloting embracing gaming.
Camellia Bay, P2E says, testament fetch 1,700 permanent jobs to Slidell. The cassino solid also believes the gaming resort hotel would generate betwixt $7.5 meg to $9 gazillion each year inwards assess proceeds for the parish.
Camellia Bay released its first of all 30-commercial casino this calendar week hyping the benefits of the proposed resort.
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