Attendance spiked the second year with 1.7 million in 1990, however it fell to less than 400,000 by 2000 as the track was subject to a series of scandals and competitive pressure.
[2] In 1996, the track saw more legal issues when charges were filed that employees were accepting illegal out of state bets from Florida.
Further, Dick Boushka, one of the original owners, was indicted in 2002 that he had falsified documents to get the $19 million in loans from Wichita banks to initially open the track.
[5] Kansas governors Bill Graves and Kathleen Sebelius both endorsed the proposal and the Wyandotte County government attempted to implement it by local law and was passed both times.
[6] An amendment to a proposed law passed on April 2, 2013 which once again prohibited slot machines at track facilities.