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BROKEN ARROW — A public hearing on a proposed restaurant and dance hall that might include slot machines is on the agenda for Tuesday’s 6:30 p.m. Broken Arrow City Council meeting.

The proposed Red Creek Dance Hall and Restaurant would be near the same Creek Turnpike interchange, but in a different location, as the Red Clay Casino project that community activists thwarted four years ago, according to a memo prepared by Broken Arrow City Attorney Beth Ann Wilkening.

The memo says the city has been approached by parties interested in building the restaurant on a Muscogee (Creek) allotment south of the Creek Turnpike and west of Olive Street, which is also known as 129th East Avenue. That’s about a half-mile south of the never-finished Red Clay Casino building.

Wilkening’s memo identifies Steve Bruner as the owner of the allotment and says that “when asked about gaming, (Bruner) indicated that there is a possibility that Class 2 Gaming Machines would be included as part of the operation. His representatives told Staff that no final decision with regard to gaming has been made and incorporation would be at some time in the future.”

Class II gaming is the type allowed at Indian casinos in Oklahoma.