The Navajo Nation celebrated the opening of the Northern Edge Navajo Casino on Monday.
The $70 million facility is the tribe's third and is the largest so far. The 86,000-square-foot casino features 750 slot machines, six poker tables, 10 table games, a food court, a gift shop, a restaurant and a player's club.
"There's a change on the Navajo Nation," President Ben Shelly said during a private ceremony on Sunday, The Farmington Daily Times reported "It's a growing economy. It's job creation."
The casino employs 374 people, 89 percent of whom are Navajo, the paper reported. The annual payroll, including wages and benefits, is $12 million.
The tribe's two other gaming facilities are in New Mexico. A fourth, slated to the largest, is under construction near Flagstaff, Arizona.
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