UPDATED: Ankeny City Council to Consider Site Along I-35 for Casino

Updated, 2:35 p.m.

The company which owns two Iowa casinos is scheduled to give a presentation to the Ankeny City Council tonight.

Wild Rose Entertainment LLC – a company led in part by West Des Moines developer Gary Kirke – is on the agenda to appear at tonight's special council meeting, which starts at 5 p.m. at Ankeny City Hall. The council also will consider approving a memorandum of understanding between the city and the company at tonight's meeting.

According to the agreement provided by the city of Ankeny, the council will consider helping Kirke obtain a permit to operate a casino within the city.

Kirke and business partner Michael Richards are considering a casino for land near the interchange of Interstate 35 and Northeast 36th Street, according to the Des Moines Business Record.

Under terms of the agreement, Wild Rose would not seek a state casino permit to operate another casino in Polk, Dallas, Jasper, Story or Warren counties and the city would not cooperate with another entity that wanted to operate a gambling establishment in those counties, the Business Record said.

Kirke and Richards are also partners in Fair Grounds LLC, which just last month filed an application with the city of Urbandale to rezone 85 acres of land to build a new casino. A week later, the application was withdrawn without explanation.

Wild Rose Entertainment LLC describes itself a "full-service casino resort company" on its website. The company currently owns casinos in Emmetsburg and Clinton.