"WinnaVegas Casino in Sloan is still surrounded by floodwaters of the Missouri River, but it will reopen with the help of some special vehicles. The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors approved a permit Tuesday to allow the Winnebago Tribe that runs the casino to operate amphibious “duck boats” from land near Interstate 29 to the casino.
WinnaVegas interim marketing manager, Deana Whistler, says the duck boats will drive and float for roughly one mile through the water to the moat that surrounds the casino. Whistler says the water isn’t very deep. She says it’s two feet deep right up next to the berm and probably a little deeper in other places. The road to the casino that is under water takes some dips that may make the water three feet deep."
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Casino in Sloan to use duck boats to bypass floodwaters
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