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Onorato requests that state give an additional $50 million - 2004-03-08
Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato is seeking over $50 million from the state to lower debt at Pittsburgh International Airport, complete the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and assist in financing a "headquarters" hotel for conventioneers.

One suggestion by Rep. Mike Veon, D-Beaver Falls, is to use some of the tax revenue that would come from a new slots casino in the Pittsburgh region. That concept hinges on whether the Legislature authorize Gov. Ed Rendell's plan to establish slots parlors around the state.
Read the full story at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tribe authorizes property purchase for suggested casino - 2004-03-08
An American Indian tribe has authorized the purchase of a parcel of land where it wants to construct an off-reservation casino.
The Lac du Flambeau band of Lake Superior Chippewa wants to construct an $80 million casino, hotel and convention center on the 93 acres of property just west of Shullsburg in southwestern Wisconsin.

The tribe stated it will work with Shullsburg officials to develop the property if its casino plan is not supported.
Read the full story at Duluth News Tribune