New Horizon Kids Quest, Inc. Opens at Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel
29 August 2000MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota -- (Press Release) – Aug. 29, 2000 -- New Horizons Kids Quest, Inc. [Nasdaq SmallCap: KIDQ] announced the opening of a Kids Quest hourly and employee child care center at the Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel located in Morton, Minnesota. The 10,000 square foot center opened on Friday, August 1, 2000, as part of a hotel expansion at the resort.
Jackpot Junction, operated by the Lower Sioux Indian Community, is located in southwestern Minnesota and offers 300,000 square feet of gaming action including entertainment, meeting and convention facilities, 296 deluxe rooms and suites and an 18 hole championship golf course designed by Rees Jones.
"The decision by Jackpot Junction to accommodate their employees with on-site child care not only makes them a leader in the industry, but demonstrates their commitment to the well-being of their employees, " commented Sue Dunkley, President of New Horizon Kids Quest, Inc. "We are excited to have been chosen by Jackpot Junction to provide child care not only for their employees but also for their guests as they continue to expand their resort.
"With this opening, New Horizon Kids Quest, Inc. now provides hourly child care at twenty-one Kids Quest locations in ten states, including three with supervised non-violent video entertainment centers. The company also provides traditional child care at ten New Horizon locations in Boise, Idaho; at one center in Joliet, Illinois, for the employees of Mobil Oil Corporation and Empress Casinos; at its Mall of America location in Minneapolis; and at the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.