Vol. 160 No. 21
October 13, 2022
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RCI goes all-in, doubles down for two C.C. casinos By Don Ireland Senior Reporter
If RCI Hospitality Holdings gets its way, the company will open two casinos in Central City within the next few years. Should that happen, the city stands to collect between $500,000 and $650,000 in new gaming-device revenues annually. RCI, a Nasdaq-traded company, previously gave Central City a bid to purchase the former Scarlet’s casino building at 130 Main St. It is possible Central’s alderman could decide on the sale in the weeks ahead, according to city sources. The sale offer has not been disclosed, although it is estimated to be more than $2 million. In addition, RCI announced last week that it would work to bring a second casino to Central City at the other end of Main Street. Eric Langan, RCI’s CEO, said the company had signed a letter of intent to purchase three former buildings at the junction of Eureka and Lawrence Streets – at the intersection of Main Street and across from Century Casino. The connected buildings, at 98 and 102 Lawrence St. and 101 Eureka St., were home to the long-closed Coyote Creek Casino. Boulder developer Stephen Tebo of Tebo Properties owns the buildings and several other vacant places in the business district of Central City. He confirmed the letter of intent with RCI to the Weekly Register-Call. Continued on page 8
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By Don Ireland Senior Reporter
Central City voters who were hoping for an exciting city council competition will end up feeling a little disappointed this fall. Instead of three residents running for two council seats, there will now
only be two seeking the two four-year positions. There was a change in the story behind the council lineup. The story is incumbent Jill Story has decided to withdraw her candidacy from the race. Originally, Story and newcomers Marcia Continued on page 7
Senior Reporter
Sometime late next week, Gilpin County’s registered voters should be receiving their Nov. 8 ballots in their mailboxes. Gilpin County Clerk and Recorder Sahari McCormick said the company that prints and sends out the ballots will place them in the mail on Monday, Oct. 18. “They are being mailed from Phoenix. We couldn’t find a vendor in Colorado,” she said, noting the United States Postal Service is likely to deliver the ballots in Gilpin County “around the 20th or 21st.” After a voter fills out their ballot, they have several options to return them to the clerk and recorder’s office. They include: Continued on page 12
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