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Rick Moore, general manager of racing, Hoosier Park; Jeff Smith, managing director of racing, Centaur; Rod Ratcliff, chairman and CEO, Centaur Gaming; Kevin Smith, mayor of Anderson; and Jim Brown, general manager of gaming, Hoosier Park; turn a ceremonial shovel of dirt for the groundbreaking.
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Large artist drawings showed how the new casino will look.
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A large crowd gathered out front of the grandstands for the ceremonial groundbreaking. jeff Smith, managing director of racing for Centaur addresses the crowd.
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Rick Moore, general manager of racing for Hoosier Park hosted the program as guests Mayor Kevin Smith; Rod Ratcliff, chairman and CEO of Centaur Gaming; Jeff Smith, director of racing for Centaur; and Jim Brown, general manager of gaming for Hoosier Park look on.
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As the ceremonial groundbreaking program went on workers continued their tasks on the construction of the casino building just to the north of the grandstands.
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Guests Tim Stires and Thomas Pattat look over the large artist drawings of the new casino.
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Jim Brown is the new General manager of Gaming for Hoosier Park.
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