Chickasaw Nation planning Oklahoma's largest casino

GOLDSBY, Okla. (AP) _ The Chickasaw Nation plans to build Oklahoma's largest casino, a structure of more than 200,000 square feet that will rival casinos on the Las Vegas strip. <br/><br/>The Riverwind

Saturday, July 30th 2005, 9:13 pm

By: News On 6

GOLDSBY, Okla. (AP) _ The Chickasaw Nation plans to build Oklahoma's largest casino, a structure of more than 200,000 square feet that will rival casinos on the Las Vegas strip.

The Riverwind Casino is planned for a site along Interstate 35 and Oklahoma 9 about one mile from the Norman city limits. It's scheduled to open next spring.

The casino's size will surpass even the massive WinStar Casino on Interstate 35 near the Texas border. Tribal leaders say the 190,000-square-foot WinStar, also owned by the Chickasaws, is scheduled to be expanded to 300,000 square feet.

The tribe's Web site says Winstar's gaming floor takes up almost 170,000 square feet. Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas has 129,000 square feet of gaming floor.