To reduce the risk to public health, safety, and quality of life due to aircraft noise exposure and accidentĢ. Lots of restrictions in those areas and why you see a big swatch of Sarpy County that's like a cone out from Offutt that remains nothing but farm land.ġ. Noise Zones, and Height and Obstruction Criteria (Overlay District) That general area is part of the.ĪICUZ Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Clear Zone, Accident Potential Zones I and II, Interesting that would put it real close to one end of Offutt’s runway. This should help clarify the issue a bit.įrom what I understand, this is the site of the proposed racetrack and casino: The exemption would allow for the proposed Bellevue track and casino, hurting the Omaha facility’s ability to attract gambling dollars back to Nebraska and provide tax revenue to the state, he said. Morgan said the Omaha casino would face stiff competition from existing casinos in Council Bluffs and Carter Lake. WarHorse Gaming, a new division of Ho-Chunk, has contracts to develop a casino there, as well as at the Lincoln Race Course and Atokad in South Sioux City. Morgan testified in favor of the distance restrictions and the increased race days but against the exemption for large counties, which he said would hurt the casino planned for Horsemen’s Park in Omaha. The amendment would also require tracks to have at least 15 days of racing. Nebraska has three counties meeting that threshold - Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy.

As introduced, LB 876 would require that a new track be at least 50 miles from other tracks and would require tracks to offer at least five racing days a year, up from one currently.īriese also offered an amendment that would require tracks to be at least 75 miles apart, except in counties of 100,000 or more people.

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