Greyhound Park Needs Slots

The manager of the Greyhound Park Event Center in Post Falls told Idaho lawmakers Monday that the park will shut down if they repeal the law that allowed slot machine-like “instant racing” terminals to be installed there last spring. “I don’t see any other future for the location, other than some sort of retail,” Doug Okuniewicz said after a Senate committee hearing on the repeal bill, which will continue on Wednesday. “We’ve been operating at a loss for years. … with the hope that one day we could get legislative approval to expand gaming and … maybe keep the place kicking.” The Greyhound Park, which Okuniewicz said employs about 15 people, opened in 1988 for live greyhound racing, but that ended in 1995 after allegations of abuse of dogs and big financial losses at the track, which at its peak employed 200 people/ Betsy Russell , SR. More here . (SR file photo: Greyhound Park and Event Center General Manager Doug Okuniewicz talked about the park’s new instant horse racing terminals)

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