KANSAS CITY (WDAF) — Wyandotte County commissioners approved a proposal Thursday by Hollywood Casino for a new hotel near Kansas Speedway.
The casino had originally received STAR bonds back in 2014 and promised to bring a 250-room hotel to the region within two years after it first opened in Kansas City, Kansas more than a decade ago but it never happened.
The new hotel will only have 125 rooms.
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In exchange for the smaller hotel, Hollywood Casino is offering to give $350,000 more every year to local charities…