Civil Municipal - June 2024

has been entertainment in South Central Kansas, and that’s what we’ve prided ourselves on.” This is evidenced by the recent expansion project of the Crosswinds Casino, a venture by the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma, intended to develop 100,000 square feet of casino space as well as a 12-story hotel and convention center above it. Additionally, the nearby Wichita Greyhound Park is also in the building phases of becoming the Golden Circle Casino, which will also have an attached 120- room hotel. THE FUTURE ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF THE MIDWEST The future of Park City looks promising, with ambitious projects on the horizon. In collaboration with Lange Real Estate, the city is supporting these developments through CID incentives for the development of the sports complex and through participation in the Star Bond Program for the city’s other proposed projects. In the program, the state will forgo its portion of sales tax, as long as a project brings people to the state of Kansas with an attraction. So, to honor that requirement, Lange Real Estate and Park City leadership have landed on the incredible idea of building a new sports complex in the city. Needless to say, the support from the residential and commercial community has been tremendous. “We have a partner that joined up with us that has a lot of experience in the baseball world. And now we’ve signed on an organization that literally will bring talented young athletes from the Canadian border down to the Gulf Coast to this area here in Middle America,” Lange says. According to Lange, one of the largest issues with developing cities is their loss of identity and character as they grow, however with every new project that gets completed in Park City, it seems that the opposite is true. These large-scale projects speak to the essence of Park City’s vision for itself as a destination for 80 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 06