Gov. Tony Evers concurs with the U.S. Department of Interior’s decision that 32 acres of land in Beloit should be taken into trust to develop a new Ho-Chunk Nation casino. The project is expected to create more than 1,500 long-term jobs in the casino-resort complex and more than 2,000 construction jobs.
The proposed complex, which would be located just north of the Illinois border and immediately west of I-39/90, would include one of the largest casinos in the state, a 300-room hotel with more than 45,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, and a 40,000-square-foot indoor waterpark. Evers stated that the gaming project would be in the best interest of the Ho-Chunk Nation and would not be detrimental to the surrounding community.
The Department of Interior must issue its final determination on whether to take the land into trust, and the governor and the Ho-Chunk Nation must complete an amendment to the Nation’s gaming compact to address the new Beloit casino and related issues.
