Plans for
Resort Switch from Denver to Pueblo
American Indian tribes planning
to build a hotel-casino in Colorado are focusing
on Pueblo after being stalled in a bid to build
one near Denver International Airport.
The $100 million dollar proposal by the Cheyenne-Arapahoe
Tribes of Oklahoma will be privately financed, said
Steve Hillard of Council Tree Communications. The
proposed site on the city's Historical Arkansas
Riverwalk would include a hotel, casino, and high-end
restaurants and shops.
Hillard said the tribe saw Pueblo as an ideal fit
because it is a culturally rich and tourist-hungry
city.
The tribes are in talks with Pueblo developer Louie
Carleo, who earlier this week purchased land on
the riverwalk for $2.85 million.
Carleo said the hotel-casino proposal is not the
only project he's considering for the land.
"The only way that (such a) purchase will
take place will be if it's the best for Pueblo and
the (riverwalk) project," he said. "This
is something we just can't do for the dollars."
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