The Oklahoman‘s Brianna Bailey talked to Kingston Town Council member Art Hackler:

This will come as welcome news to many in the nearby town of Kingston, where the local economy was badly damaged after Pointe Vista closed and demolished the former Lake Texoma Lodge and Resort. The hotel will include a lounge and meeting rooms, and outdoor pool and recreation area, a fitness center, gift shop, restaurant and a business center, he said. It also involves about 11.5 acres of land acquired by the Commissioner of the Land Office (CLO) from the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation. The project covers 50 acres of lakefront property, overlooking Lake Texoma and the historic Roosevelt Bridge. The initial plans call for the Chickasaw Nation to construct a three-story hotel, a restaurant and gift shop, a casino featuring up to 300 electronic games and as many as 10 lakefront fishing/boating cottages, Chickasaw Governor Bill Anoatubby said. That third party will be the Chickasaw Nation, if the federal government allows the land to be put into tribal trust status, according to a joint press release from governor’s office and the Chickasaw Nation.

Mary Fallin and the Chickasaw Nation on Thursday announced the tribe’s plans to build a resort hotel and casino instead.Įarlier this year, the Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office bought back 50 acres of the 750 acres it sold to Pointe Vista in 2006 for $4 million, with the idea of having a third party develop the land. The crumbling remnants of Texoma State Park buildings that haven't been in use for years.Ī decade after the government-owned Texoma Lodge and Resort was sold to a private company that never fulfilled its promise to develop a multi-million dollar resort on the former state park land, Gov.

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