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Smaller hotels want to rent out rooms as apartments - 2004-01-13
Lower numbers of tourists and gamblers have forced casinos like Duke's and the Sundowner to shut down recently, but now some properties are examining a new way of convicing people to stay in their hotel rooms.

Even though the Riverboat Hotel and the Speakeasy
in downtown Reno have both closed their casino floors, they are now advertising apartments for rent.

It's a move intended to renew income lost since September 11th and the growth of Native American gaming. But some say even bigger problems could be in the casinos' future.
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Moving Forward With Casino Plans - 2004-01-13
If the residents of Upper Michigan support the proposed Negaunee Township casino, so does the governor. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is presently evaluating the land in trust application before sending it to Lansing for review. At Saturday's tribal
council meeting, KBIC Chairman Gene Emery said he hopes the tribe can start construction on the new casino this year.

KBIC Chairman Gene Emery says, "Currently our legal department is working on paperwork to go to the Minneapolis area office and hopefully to Washington. We hope to get this land in trust soon and construction started in the spring of 2004 on the Marquette casino project."
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