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Max Baer Jr. says he's eyeing three properties in North Douglas County, as well as two others in the Carson City area.
The former television star said he is going to begin work on a casino by late spring, whether it's in Carson City or not. Baer, who played Jethro Bodine on the popular "Beverly Hillbillies" series, said he is no longer going to limit his plans to build a $50 million casino to his property on South Carson Street.
"I'm going to put a shovel in the ground in June, one way or another," said Baer. "I am also looking at other places that have been presented to me in Carson City and in Douglas County, all within that same range of possibility."
The three Douglas County parcels he is considering are near Indian Hills. One of the properties is on the east side of Highway 395 directly across from Carson Valley Plaza. Baer said he has had a conversation with the owner AIG Baker. The Alabama-based company already has an 800,000-square-foot retail center, Riverwood, planned for five acres on the same side of the highway.
"The benefit of this property is it's amongst a lot of retail stores," said Baer.
Baer said he has also talked with representatives of Sunridge Golf Course at Sunridge Drive on the east side of Highway 395, about the possibility of building his TV show-themed casino resort on property near the golf course.
Another piece of property in the same vicinity has been brought up to him, but Baer said declined to talk about it yet.
Baer also didn't want to disclose information on two parcels in and near Carson City.
"One I actually had a meeting with the owners on and the other I had a meeting with the city," said Baer.
Baer has been trying to open a casino, hotel and theater at the old Wal-Mart site in Southgate Shopping Center since he purchased the building for $4.3 million in August 2003, but has met opposition by owners of another retail store in the same complex, J.C. Penney.
He was approved for a gaming license as part owner of a Las Vegas casino by the Nevada Gaming Commission earlier this month after a recommendation by the Gaming Control Board. In order to open a second location in Northern Nevada he would again go before both the board and commission, but the process will be faster.
"I've just been looking around for alternatives to make sure I can do what I want to do," said Baer. "One way or another I'm going forward. I'm not holding steady and I'm not waiting."
n Contact reporter Jo Rafferty at jrafferty@recordcourier.com or 782-5121, ext. 213.
The former television star said he is going to begin work on a casino by late spring, whether it's in Carson City or not. Baer, who played Jethro Bodine on the popular "Beverly Hillbillies" series, said he is no longer going to limit his plans to build a $50 million casino to his property on South Carson Street.
"I'm going to put a shovel in the ground in June, one way or another," said Baer. "I am also looking at other places that have been presented to me in Carson City and in Douglas County, all within that same range of possibility."
The three Douglas County parcels he is considering are near Indian Hills. One of the properties is on the east side of Highway 395 directly across from Carson Valley Plaza. Baer said he has had a conversation with the owner AIG Baker. The Alabama-based company already has an 800,000-square-foot retail center, Riverwood, planned for five acres on the same side of the highway.
"The benefit of this property is it's amongst a lot of retail stores," said Baer.
Baer said he has also talked with representatives of Sunridge Golf Course at Sunridge Drive on the east side of Highway 395, about the possibility of building his TV show-themed casino resort on property near the golf course.
Another piece of property in the same vicinity has been brought up to him, but Baer said declined to talk about it yet.
Baer also didn't want to disclose information on two parcels in and near Carson City.
"One I actually had a meeting with the owners on and the other I had a meeting with the city," said Baer.
Baer has been trying to open a casino, hotel and theater at the old Wal-Mart site in Southgate Shopping Center since he purchased the building for $4.3 million in August 2003, but has met opposition by owners of another retail store in the same complex, J.C. Penney.
He was approved for a gaming license as part owner of a Las Vegas casino by the Nevada Gaming Commission earlier this month after a recommendation by the Gaming Control Board. In order to open a second location in Northern Nevada he would again go before both the board and commission, but the process will be faster.
"I've just been looking around for alternatives to make sure I can do what I want to do," said Baer. "One way or another I'm going forward. I'm not holding steady and I'm not waiting."
n Contact reporter Jo Rafferty at jrafferty@recordcourier.com or 782-5121, ext. 213.
