Choctaw indian casinos in pine bluff arkansas

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In 1970, population in the Jefferson County seat peaked at 57,400 but by 2000 had dropped to 55,085. Pine Bluff has been in decline for the past two decades.

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The energy the casino brings is yet another opportunity for existing businesses and new businesses to grow.” We have a streetscape program and urban renewal on Main Street, and now the casino. “We have a new library and an aquatic center coming in. “Pine Bluff is on the way up,” said Allison Thompson, the CEO of the Jefferson County Alliance and Chamber of Commerce. “We can replicate that in Pine Bluff.”Īt $350 million, the Saracen Casino Resort is the largest tourism investment project in the state. “We’ve been looking at a successful business model for a while now,” he said. He said the tribe already has seen success at its Miami, Okla., casino.

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