MISSOURI RIVER HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT'S BOARD MET IN CLOSED SESSION MONDAY NIGHT TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS THAT LIKELY INVIOVED PENN NATIONAL GAMING AND THE ONGOING DISPUTE REGARDING A FUTURE LAND BASED GAMING CASINO IN WOODBURY COUNTY.
MRHD CHAIRMAN MARK MONSON SAID AFTERWARDS HE COULDN'T DISCUSS THE ISSUES THE BOARD DEALT WITH.
MONSON DID SAY MRHD WAS CONTINUING TO SEEK OFFERS FROM AND NEGOTIATE WITH POTENTIAL CASINO OPERATORS. PENN GAMING WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE POTENTIAL OPERATORS.
MONSON WOULD NOT SAY HOW MANY OFFERS WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION OR WHO THEY WERE FROM.
AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MACDE OF OF MONSON AND FOUR OTHERS MRHD BOARD MEMBERS IS WORKING DAILY ON THE POTENTIAL OFFERS, AND WILL BRING A RECOMENDATION BACK TO THE FULL BOARD.
THAT WILL HAPPEN BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 1ST DEADLINE SET BY THE IOWA RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION, BUT MONSON COULD NOT SAY HOW SOON MRHD'S BOARD WILL NEXT MEET.
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