Casino Talk Returns To Juneau - 2004-01-17
Once again, talk is circulating among lawmakers in Juneau to bring a big casino to Anchorage.
Poker champ and furrier Perry Green is getting credit for the idea. He wants the casino placed at the location of the former Alaska Seafood International plant. Green estimates it would raise $15 million for state government.
Green, reached by phone in Mississippi, where he is attending a poker tournament, said Thursday, "The state can take a white elephant building and put it to a use that makes sense."
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