A spokeswoman for Pinnacle Entertainment says the company is going ahead with plans to build its Riviere casino resort on River Road. “We’re continuing to work on the design and with planning and zoning,” says Pauline Yoshihashi, a spokeswoman for the Las Vegas-based casino company. Over the weekend, WAFB-TV reported that plans for the $250 million resort appeared to have stopped. In October, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board accepted Pinnacle’s blueprints and construction schematics for its Riviere casino and set a Feb. 18 deadline for the company to negotiate and submit construction contracts. Officials with the gaming control board say they have heard no news of Pinnacle halting work on the casino. Riviere is scheduled to open in late 2010 or early 2011. Pinnacle is building a second casino in Lake Charles, Sugarcane Bay, but in recent months the company has halted plans to manage a casino in Kansas and build a resort in Atlantic City, N.J.—Timothy Boone
Pinnacle says River Road casino resort project still on
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