Casinos by air?

The Indians are now considered to be US citizens, but that
did not happen until the mid 1950s. The Indian Treaties
consider the Indian Nations as countries within the USA.
They can have their own laws, and they discovered that
includes a casino and selling cigarettes w/o taxes.



"Aluckyguess" wrote in message
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| What I dont understand is only the Indians can have
Casino's. I know some
| wealthy bussiness man or corporation are either funding or
running it. I
| just think anyone should be able to but in for the local
casino.
| "Dave S" wrote in message
|
ink.net...
| Jay.. how far away is "one town south"?
|
| Most of the casino towns near me (3-4 hours away from
Houston in Louisiana
| have shuttles that go to the nearby hotels from the
casinos. Some are run
| by the hotels.. some are run by the casinos..
|
| If this isnt more than a 10-15 minute drive, you outta
consider the
| possibility of shuttling guests to the casino if it can
be supported by
| your business model. Obviously if its not conducive to
the bottom line
| then it wouldnt make sense to do so. You know your
situation and market
| better than I.
|
|
| In answer to your question..
|
| Grand Casino Coushatta, Kinder, LA. Closest public
airport 15 mi away in
| Oakdale, LA with a bizjet capable field (yet nearly
abandoned, few based
| planes) and hospitality trailer. They shuttle. I've
ended up with a limo
| ride a few times instead of the van.
|
| I've not flown to em, but there are casino's in Lake
Charles, LA.. one
| near Chennault Field and another near Lake Charles. I
believe both
| casino's shuttle from there.
|
| Shreveport Downtown airport is less than a mile from the
riverboats in
| Shreveport, LA. No shuttle service but a cabride for a
mile cant be more
| than 10 bux (well it can, but I digress). I've never
done downtown, always
| went to the big airport and stayed with family out
there.
|
| Dave
|
| Jay Honeck wrote:
| "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"
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