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Wild West World was a Wild West theme park in Park City, Kansas that opened on May 5, 2007 and closed on July 9, 2007. It was located on 130 acres (53 ha) along Interstate 135 near Phil Ruffin's Wichita Greyhound Park, which closed the same year.
Kansas legislators enacted a historical racing law in 2022, authorizing one license for a facility in the Wichita area with up to 1,000 machines. [31] [32] The license was granted to the proposed Golden Circle project, to open at the former Wichita Greyhound Park in Park City in 2024 or 2025. [33]
After the Wichita Greyhound Park closed in 2007 and The Woodlands (race track) closed in 2008, the Horse Racing Benefit Fund quickly depleted and the subsidy to Eureka Downs ended. The track operated for two more years without parimutuel wagering, then closed in 2011.
City plots to sneak through a 10-year lease of park building without public discussion, the day after a holiday weekend. Wichita City Hall’s no-bid plan for control of park takes ‘sweetheart ...
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In 2017, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt "issued an opinion saying that allowing a revote on Wichita’s Greyhound Park may breach the state’s contract with the Kansas Star casino in Mulvane," potentially resulting in the casino needing to be repaid by the state for privilege fee or other damages. [18]
Phil Ruffin, a Wichita billionaire, seeks approval for a license to operate 1,000 historic horse racing machines. ‘Urban Cowboy’ nightclub with $128M Golden Circle casino pitched for old ...