Jefferson County Will Be for Table Games

With the four counties that are being allowed to vote on table games gearing up for the vote, some of those counties already have the money spent if they were to be legalized. Jefferson County is one of those counties, as they already know what they are going to do with the money if they get table games legalized at Charles Town Races & Slots.

The Jefferson County School System is planning on adding two more elementary schools to their county, as the ones they have are already overcrowded and enrollment will keep increasing. It will cost about $25 million, but if they get table games in the county they will be able to afford them.

They say that since 3% of the tracks revenue from the table games will go to new school construction, so if county voters approve the games they will be able to get their new schools. If the table games are not approved, they are going to have to build the new schools anyway, which means a tax increase for voters. If approved, they would be able to start construction next year on the first one, and construction in 2009 for the second one – with both schools being completed by 2010.

The $25 million would include the cost of the construction, as well as the land that they would have to buy to put them on. The school has not said where they are planning on putting the schools because they don’t want to drive up the cost for the land. If the games are approved, they will generate somewhere around $1 million a year for the schools – so they will have no problem paying for them.

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