Thu, Nov 26 2009
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More than 10,000 pack casino for opening day Tribal chairman John Berrey said the casino opening was dedicated to the memories of tribal members no longer living.
The tribe invited Missouri State Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, to speak at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Nodler thanked the tribe for making a significant investment in Missouri by purchasing the former Loma Linda Country Club and for hiring hundreds of Missouri workers. “A tremendous number of Missouri citizens are employed in this enterprise,” he said. “For all of those reasons, we want to thank the Quapaw people for their investment here.” More than 1,200 people are expected to be employed once the resort hotel opens this fall. Barry Switzer Former Dallas Cowboys and Oklahoma Sooners head football coach Barry Switzer was on hand for the grand opening of the Downstream Casino Resort Saturday. Switzer, who is the casino’s official celebrity spokesman, offered words of encouragement for the tribe, which he compared to underdogs who accomplished the impossible by getting the casino built in record time. “I knew exactly how (tribal chairman John Berrey) felt ... because I had the same feeling when I beat (Nebraska) up in Lincoln and won a Big Eight championship,” said the coach, referencing a famous victory by his Sooners over the Cornhuskers. 
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