GRAND ISLAND- Next month, work on the $100 million Grand Island Casino Resort at Fonner Park is expected to begin, according to several project officials. Almost immediately following the passage of a 2020 referendum seeking to authorize the use and sale of slot machines, table games, and sports betting, Fonner Park sought to obtain authorization for and begin construction of a new Nebraska-based casino.

Fonner Park, which is owned by the Hall County Livestock Improvement Association, partnered with Elite Casino Resorts to plan the facility and overhaul the land on which it is to be built. Based in Iowa, Elite operates three casinos in Nebraska's neighbor state. A temporary casino was opened last December in Fonner Park by Elite, and currently includes 300 slot machines and table games, generating a gross gaming revenue of $16.9 million between January and July of 2023.

Elite Casino Resorts named Vince Fiala, a former assistant manager of the company's Grand Falls Casino in Iowa, as the forthcoming general manager of its planned, and soon to be constructed, Grand Island Casino Resort. Fiala said that the Fonner Park casino space will eventually measure around 37,000 square feet, and will feature 650 slot machines, 20 live dealer table games, and a sportsbook. Along with the casino, a 116-room hotel overlooking the Fonner Park racetrack will also be built.

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