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Article: Lake Texoma lodge, park may become resort: The state is considering a $14 million deal to sell the declining property to a developer that would renovate it.
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- Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK)
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- March 17, 2006
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Byline: Angel Riggs
Mar. 17--OKLAHOMA CITY -- Lake Texoma State Lodge and Park could soon become a $350 million resort if a Connecticut-based developer agrees to buy the property in a deal that would bring $14 million and higher-paying jobs to the state, officials said Thursday.
Gagne Development Co. Inc.'s plans for the new Chickasaw Pointe Resort and Village at Lake Texoma call for a $350 million investment in a nine-year project designed to turn the aging lodge into a business conference and tourist destination.
"The Lake Texoma project will be a great template for us to look at our other Oklahoma state lodges," Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin said as ...