Pope County Judge Ben Cross, who endorsed Cherokee Nation Businesses, says that Judge Fox's ruling is on a trivial technicality. The following is a statement by Lucas Rowan, attorney for Gulfside Casino Partnership: Gulfside remains committed to building a first-class entertainment destination in Pope County and bringing good-paying jobs and economic development to Arkansas, and this ruling that Legends was not qualified is a step in that direction. Gulfside Casino Partnership, a competing applicant, filed the lawsuit challenging Cherokee Nation Businesses' license. The county has become a battleground for competing groups vying to construct and operate a casino.Īccording to the aforementioned amendment, only one applicant will be chosen to build a single casino. Pope County is one of four Arkansas counties where casinos were permitted under a 2018 state constitutional amendment.
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) - A Pulaski County Circuit Judge struck down the license the Arkansas Racing Commission issued to Legends Resort and Casino, a subsidiary of Cherokee Nation Businesses, to build a casino in Pope County.
