Casinos by air?

"Our" new casino, built to the tune of over $100 million, opened last
week in Riverside, IA, just one town south of us. Iowa City's airport
is the closest, so we expect to see some traffic because of this,
although, of course, they've built their own hotel, so it may actually
*hurt* our business...

Anyway, for those of you who enjoy gambling, there is now yet another
reason to come visit us!

(An aside. This area is really becoming quite amazing. In a single
day, you can see Amish on horse and buggies, eat lunch in Amana (a
large German, formerly communal settlement that is Iowa's biggest
tourist attraction), play some black jack at the casino for lunch, and
attend a world-class play or concert at the University in the evening.
All without traffic or crime.)

Say what you want about gambling, the casinos usually bend over
backwards to provide service to pilots, under the (often false)
assumption that we've got money to burn. Which leads to the subject
line.

We routinely visit the casino in Prairie du Chein, WI, not because we
like to gamble, but because we enjoy their airport pick-up/drop-off
service, and their (*burp*) buffets. Just a week or two ago, we
joined Jim & Tami Burns in a flight to the "Ho-Chunk Casino" (I'm NOT
making that name up) in Baraboo/Wisconsin Dells -- once again, just to
eat. (Ho-Chunk is pretty cool, actually, with a very "Cabela's-like"
indoor mountain/water fall, marred only by the thick blue cigarette
smoke atmosphere...)

I'm sure there are others that we haven't yet discovered -- but the
plane is gassed and ready to go! Where are the fly-in casinos in
*your* neck of the woods?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"