After a decades-long legal battle, the Crosswinds Casino is open for business in Park City, making it the first casino to operate in Sedgwick County. Since the grand opening Tuesday night, the parking lot has been full with lines wrapping around the building. On Wednesday, the casino, open 24/7, reached its current 375-person capacity by noon.

“I didn’t expect to be in line at this time of day. That’s why we didn’t want to come last night,” said Wichita resident Hellen Lynn, among those visiting the casino for the first time Wednesday afternoon. “And we were like, ‘oh, we’ll just come down today while people are working, we’ll get to go in.’