When Penn Entertainment was granted permission to develop what became its Hollywood Casino at NASCAR’s Kansas Speedway, it also pledged to build an adjacent hotel within two years. But 10 years and counting from that deadline, no such hotel has materialized. The Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway, above, opened on Feb. 12, 2012, overlooking the track’s turn two. But there’s still no sign of a promised hotel tower. (Image: Visit Kansas) Instead, the developer has preferred to pay $13 million in fines, the penalty for missing 10 deadlines in a row. Kansas Entertainment LLC promised a hotel tower with at least 200 rooms under its 2009 agreement with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City (WyCo & KCK). Kansas Entertainment LLC is a joint venture between Penn and International Speedway Corp., now part of NASCAR. In return, the project received STAR bonds from WyCo & KCK. This is… Read More

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