Why the Objection?<\/strong><\/h2>\nIowa is concerned about the competitive threat the Prairie Flower poses to its commercial casino operations in the area, which are a large provider of taxes to the state.<\/p>\n
Nebraska prohibits casino gaming completely, but because of a geographical quirk brought about by a change in the course of the Missouri River in the late 1800s, the tribe\u2019s land is west of the river but almost complete surrounded by Nebraska, meaning it is part of Iowa in name only.<\/p>\n
The casino was initially approved by the NIGC in 2007, after which the plaintiffs unsuccessfully sued to halt its construction. In 2010, an appellate court sent the proposal back to the NIGC, which sat on it for seven years before issuing a second approval.<\/p>\n
The plaintiffs admitted to the Omaha-World Herald<\/em> that the decision had \u201ccomplicated\u201d matters in the years-long legal fight and added that they were \u201cconsidering the next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A lawsuit by the states of Nebraska and Iowa that seeks to sink the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska\u2019s Prairie Flower Casino in Carter Lake, Iowa, was dealt a body blow this week, The Omaha World-Herald reports. The tribe opened its casino in early November, despite the pending federal legal challenge by the two states, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":104229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,18,61,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Ponca Tribe Wins Crucial Backing for Prairie Flower Casino<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n