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Newport Grand Adding More Slot Machines

Newport Grand is trying to expand and increase the number of slot machines that they have, and having been turned down once – are trying again only bigger and better. Their new plan will include even more slot machines, as well as a larger hotel. However, just because they have set their sites on a new plan, it doesn’t mean that they are done with the old one.

The city rejected their first expansion plan five months ago, and they are suing them claiming that the city acted illegally. The city ruled that the plan was not allowed in the zone that it was in, and therefore it could not be approved. Newport asserts that it was about the additional slot machines and that the City Council listened to the complaints from the residents and vetoed the request for a zone change.

The company decided to push forward with a different slot machine plan, and pursue other activities while awaiting the outcome of the lawsuit. Newport had entered into an agreement with the state that said they could increase the number of slot machines that they were allowed from 1,301 to 2,101 and it would also have frozen the current tax rate that they pay for the next 10 years.

With the claim that it is zoning issues that are holding it up, the group decided to pursue the hotel because it does follow city coding for that zone. The hotel that would have been within the slot machine gaming facility will now be a stand alone hotel.

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