The Gulfside application had been submitted with the backing of Pope County’s former judge. Gulfside had been issued a license for the casino in 2020, but that license was voided after the state Supreme Court said it needed to have the endorsement of current elected officials in the area.
Mississippi-based Gulfside Casino Partnership, a competing applicant, had filed the lawsuit challenging the license. “We are fully committed to moving forward and working with local and state officials as we have been for the past five years to build Legends Resort & Casino and bring the much-needed economic growth the community and state deserves,” Chuck Garrett, CEO of Cherokee Nation Businesses, said in a statement.
