Ho-Chunk Inc. purchased the site of the former Atokad Downs in South Sioux City, Nebraska, and operates it as Atokad Park. Image from Google Maps
Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe, will restart horse races at a track in Nebraska. The South Sioux City Racing and Events Center is located at the former Atokad Downs in South Sioux City. It will offer one day of live racing in September in addition to simulcast bets, The Lincoln Journal Star reported. Further down the line, the track could be converted into a casino if voters approve a series of ballot measures this November. Ho-Chunk Inc. has poured more than $727,000 to the Keep the Money in Nebraska campaign, the paper reported. "Whether we are successful with that or not we are still going to open up this track and run the simulcasting," Ho-Chunk Inc. CEO Lance Morgan told the paper. "The building might get a lot bigger, depending on what happens with the ballot initiative." The building Morgan is referring to is a 6,000-square-foot events center and sports bar. Construction will begin in July but it's not slated to open until 2017, the paper reported. Ho-Chunk Inc. owns Indianz.Com but the website is not involved in the corporation's activities. Get the Story:
South Sioux City horse track wins state approval (The Sioux City Journal 5/6)
Nebraska board OKs South Sioux City horse racing project (AP 5/6)
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