Casino Should Pay For Ambulance, Fire Services By Bob Caudle THE MORNING NEWS Both Siloam Springs mayoral candidates agree on one thing -- the city should not foot the bill for an Oklahoma casino. At the Cherokee Casino in West Siloam Springs, Okla., plans call for an eight-story, 120,000-square-foot hotel with more than 140 rooms, a fitness room and meeting space. Projected cost for the hotel is $25 million, bringing the total expansion cost to $108 million. The casino would be in the Siloam Springs service area for fire and ambulance service. Officials in Siloam Springs attempted to strike a deal with the Cherokee Nation to provide electricity to the casino. The city owns its own electric company and would have used the extra money to finance fire and ambulance coverage. Now Siloam Springs leaders are negotiating a plan to...
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