A third WarHorse casino project, at the former Atokad Park racetrack in South Sioux City, is “on the back burner,” according to Morgan, and will be pursued when the permanent casinos are completed in Lincoln and Omaha, which is expected in late 2024. The temporary Omaha casino will be located in the infield of the racetrack, she said. Horsemen’s Park is a 28-year-old facility, McNally said, and must be almost torn down to accommodate construction around it. Construction will also begin soon on a second casino, at Omaha’s Horseman’s Park, but a temporary casino won’t be ready for occupancy until April or May, said Lynne McNally, CEO of the Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association. WarHorse has converted a simulcast/sports bar facility to accommodate 433 slot machines while a $200 million casino and hotel complex is built around it, just off U.S. Big Red says it has the exclusive rights to conduct full-scale casino operations at the venue. The Lincoln Race Course bar is seen with a Big Red Keno draw displayed on television monitors. The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission will meet Friday afternoon to consider final approval of the casino license of WarHorse Gaming Lincoln. “The power of this addiction is as intense as any addiction out there,” said Mike Sciandra, a Lincoln-based gambling counselor who is himself a recovering gambling addict. In preparation for the opening, problem gamblers are being urged to file a “voluntary self-exclusion form” to bar their admission to the casino and the temptation to gamble. “We have every expectation that we’ll get a license,” said Lance Morgan, president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic wing of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and operator of WarHorse.

Saturday, with more than 400 slot machines ready to go. A temporary casino, located at the Lincoln Race Course Thoroughbred track, is scheduled to open at 10:30 a.m.

LINCOLN - Nebraska’s first casino is expected to open Saturday morning in the Capital City, pending approval by the state gaming commission. Problem gamblers can file voluntary ‘self-exclusion’ paperwork to keep themselves out Nebraska’s first casino expected to open Saturday, pending likely OK of license

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