Older Article, But Good Information

This article was written back in June for the Southeastern Missourian. Although a few months have past, it provides good information on the sites interested in obtaining the 13th casino. Also, it does clearly mention our (Save the Confluence Coalition) work in Spanish Lake, MO.

Here is a link to the article: http://www.semissourian.com/story/1640388.html

News Update: Casino Revenue is Stagnant

News Update: http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/article_e30ac30c-76ea-5c18-990a-c1986084937f.html

This article was posted last week by the St. Louis Post Dispatch about the St. Louis area casino revenues. To summarize, except for the River City Casino, the casinos within the area had revenue declines within the month of June and some gaming companies feel that the St. Louis metro areas are saturated with casinos.

July 15th Speak for the Eagles Event

The Save the Confluence Coalition has formed to oppose a proposal to convert farmland, wetlands and floodplain into a casino complex near the Confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers in north St. Louis County. The proposal would create a casino complex as large as 377 acres with parking for 8,000 cars next to the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area in north St. Louis County, a sensitive area along the Mississippi Flyway--one the world's most significant migratory flyways. The development would destroy habitat for tens of thousands of birds and other wildlife that have no place to go and cannot speak out about the plans. So it is up to us to speak for them. On July 15th, we held a Speak for the Eagles post card drive at the Cardinals game. We chose this specific date because July 15 was the day the casino license seekers submitted their economic analysis to the Gaming Commission. The event was a great success and we hope to have other events in the future to further spread our message to the community. If you are interested in becoming involved, I you can pick up postcards to mail to the Missouri Gaming Commission at the Missouri Coalition for the Environment office at 6267 Delmar Blvd., Suite 2E in the University City Loop. Call 314-727-0600 for more information.

Alternately, you can send your comments directly to the Missouri Gaming Commission:

Leann McCarthy
Missouri Gaming Commission
3417 Knipp Drive
PO Box 1847
Jefferson City, MO 65102
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