For the first time ever, Nebraska’s largest city has an operational casino. The WarHorse Omaha Casino held its ribbon cutting Tuesday at Horsemen’s Park in Omaha.

It was the culmination of decades of work by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and Ho-Chunk Inc., the tribe’s economic development arm. President Lance Morgan said Winnebago people have fought through displacement and poverty.

Winnebago has grown, including the addition of Ho-Chunk Inc.’s Omaha casino.

“Our mission as a company is to create self-sufficiency for the tribe and job opportunities, and this checks two of those boxes,” Morgan said. “We’re going to have 400 and some employees on the first day.”

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