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The Senecas say it's no bluff. Without Fulton Street, Seneca President Barry Snyder is ready to ask tribal council approval of a small temporary facility, and a less grand permanent casino to be built later. News 4's Michele McClintick reports.
The Seneca Nation is changing the plans for the Buffalo Creek Casino. Officials say it will look different from what was originally planned, since the Nation is no longer pursuing Fulton Street as part of casino property.
Seneca Gaming Corporation spokesman Phil Pantano said, "We are not in a position to continue to invest time and dollars into a process that is not going to happen."
Last week, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said he needed a contract from the Senecas to go forward, and argues documents submitted by the Senecas show that the plans, both with the street and without the street, show the same size for the casino.
Last Thursday, Brown said, "Now they're saying they're going to build a 5,000 square-foot casino, which is a big difference from 220,000, which is what they put in the document two weeks ago."
It's been up in the air since the Senecas unveiled their plans in June, and now, all bets are off when it comes to acquiring Fulton Street.
Pantano said, "So, you'll have a structure for parking, and a casino on the other side of the street."
The original design for the nine-acre campus called for a three-story structure with an entrance off of Michigan Avenue.
Pantano said, "It was 100,000 square feet of gaming and support space, with 2,200 slot machines."
A 5,000 sqaure-foot temporary casino will soon go up, allowing the Senecas to meet compact deadlines and giving them exclusivity rights to the land.
Seneca spokesman Phil Pantano did not say how big the permanent casino wll be, but it has to be built by 2008.
The tribal council will vote this weekend on the alternative plan.
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