Opinion ID: 618830
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Heading: Factual history.1) HV Properties

Text: In 2003, Steve Vogel and Gary Hall, natives of the southeastern Kansas town of Galena, began efforts to bring casino gaming to Kansas. In June 2004, Vogel and Hall formed Kansans for Economic Growth for the purpose of promoting passage of gaming legislation in Kansas. In early 2005, Vogel and Hall located and obtained the rights to several parcels of real property in Cherokee County, Kansas, which had immediate access to Interstate 44 and were close to gaming markets in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri (the Subject Property). The Subject Property specifically included a fee interest in approximately 112.4 acres of land, as well as options to purchase two separate tracts of land totaling approximately 294.07 acres. On or about February 2, 2005, Vogel and Hall formed HV, a Kansas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Joplin, Missouri, and transferred their rights in the Subject Property to HV. Effective January 1, 2006, HV's membership expanded to include Tim Shallenburger and Ross Vogel, both of whom were also residents of southeast Kansas.