Article: Texas Tribe Moves Forward on Plans to Enlarge Casino in Eagle Pass.

By John W. Gonzalez, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 14--EAGLE PASS, Texas--It's nothing fancy, but the state's only legal casino has become a symbol of the hopeful future -- and sad recent past -- of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas.

The empty shell of a replacement building looms next to the Lucky Eagle Casino, waiting for an impending infusion of cash to complete it and hasten the tribe's recovery from years of financial and political blunders.

In the meantime, the frumpy, cramped interior of the Lucky Eagle sometimes can't accommodate the crowds that show up day and night at the Kickapoo Reservation, ...

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