Month: December 2015

Saturday events

Division II college football championship to be played Saturday at Sporting Park
The NCAA Division II Football Championship will be played Saturday, Dec. 19, at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. Northwest Missouri State from Maryville, Mo., will play Shepherd University from West Virginia at 4 p.m. ET Dec. 19. The game will be on ESPN2. The co-hosts of the 2015 NCAA Division II Football Championship at Sporting Park will be the Kansas City Sports Commission and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Tickets for this game were sold out.

Storytime with Santa planned
Stories and songs with Santa Claus are planned from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Main Kansas City, Kan., Public Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan. There will be holiday stories, songs, crafts and a visit with Santa Claus. The event is for children. It will be in the storytime-craft room.

Make a gingerbread house
A program on making gingerbread houses, for children and tweens ages 5 to 12, is from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.The program is available on a first-come, first-served basis. It is at the West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd, Kansas City, Kan., in the children’s craft room.

Craft fair planned
Christ the King Catholic Church, 3024 N. 53rd St., Kansas City, Kan., will hold a Christmas Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, and 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Dec. 20, at Davern Hall.

Church plans Christmas pageant
Trinity Community Church, 5010 Parallel Parkway, will hold a Las Posadas Latino Christmas pageant and a Mexican-themed family supper at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19.

Four KCK students initiated into honor society

Four Kansas City, Kan., students were recently initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the University of Kansas.

The students are Kimberly Rode, Kansas City, Kan.; Taylor Buckler, Kansas City, Kan.; Alyssa Jones, Kansas City, Kan., and Mayis Aldughmi, Kansas City, Kan.

They are among about 32,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi nationally each year.

Phi Kappa Phi is one of the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor societies for all academic disciplines.

Gaming revenue down at Hollywood Casino during November

Gaming revenue for the Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway was down in November as compared to October, according to figures released recently by the Kansas Lottery.

Gaming revenue at Hollywood was about $10.9 million for November, as compared to $11.7 million in October, according to the reports.

Two other Kansas casinos, the Boot Hill Casino at Dodge City, Kan., and the Kansas Star Casino at Mulvane, Kan., also reported declines in revenue from October to November.

The Boot Hill Casino had November gaming revenue of $2.8 million, compared to about $3.3 million in October. The Kansas Star Casino reported November gaming revenue of $13.9 million, compared to October revenue of $15.28 million, according to the reports.

According to a written report from Rick Skinner, Hollywood Casino vice president and general manager, to the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, the total gaming revenue for November 2015 was $10.9 million, a decrease of $386,000 or 3.4 percent from November of last year.

Slot revenue was relatively flat at $9.4 million, which was an increase of $71,000, or less than 1 percent, over the prior year, Skinner’s report stated.

Table games revenue was $1.5 million, a decrease of $457,000, or 23.6 percent down, compared to the prior year, the report said. There was a decrease in table games volume, and the decrease in revenue can be attributed to an abnormally low hold percentage versus a high hold percentage in 2014, the report stated. The hold was down 5.1 points year over year.

Skinner also reported that the weather over the Thanksgiving weekend did not help drive revenue, with visitation numbers lower than usual.