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Southland announces $250 million expansion

Plans include casino, hotel and convention center

By Ralph Hardin

Marion businesswoman

ralphhardin@gmail.com A $250 million expansion of Southland Gaming & Racing that includes a new casino complex and a 20-story hotel was be announced yesterday afternoon in West Memphis.

Southland’s gaming options will be expanded to 2,400 gambling machines and up to 60 live table games.

The project is expected to add about 400 additional permanent jobs to the casino complex and hotel, bringing employment at Southland to about 1,200 jobs. More than 1,500 jobs also will be created during construction, White said.

A constitutional amendment passed by Arkansas voters in November will allow casino licenses to be awarded to the state’s two existing race tracks, Oaklawn Racing & Gaming in Hot Springs and Southland, as well as one each in Pope and Jefferson counties.

Full coverage of the expansion will be in Monday’s edition of the Times.