Plans called for initial construction of a temporary casino adjacent to the track, which opened on June 11, 2007.

They also said the temporary casino had been handicapped by its location, which is slightly off the city's best-traveled tourist corridors.

A temporary casino that was expected to open in the spring is now scheduled for December.

That, too, is a temporary casino, scheduled to open Dec. 30.

The temporary casino was supposed to provide the rest of the construction money.

The temporary casino, which was to operate until the permanent one was ready, opened on May 1 last year.

It didn't help that the temporary casino was right across the street from a housing project.

Having already spent more than $600 million fixing up the temporary casino and building the permanent one, the company went on the offensive.

But people in the neighborhood suspect that the law may be amended, and that the "temporary" casino will never close.

But in its first six months, the temporary casino averaged revenues of only $13.1 million a month.