Site in Barstow, California, where Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians wants to build an off-reservation casino. Photo from Barstow Casino and Resort
The Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians will be in Washington, D.C., to discuss its off-reservation casino in Barstow, California. The tribe is meeting with the Interior Department today and tomorrow, The Desert Dispatch reported. Officials from the city of Barstow will be there as well, the paper said. The proposed $160 million Barstow Casino and Resort would include a 57,000 square-foot casino with 1,325 slot machines and 57 table games. Plans also call for a 100-room hotel, conference/meeting room space and dining and entertainment options. Barstow is more than 100 miles from the reservation. The Bush administration rejected an earlier version of the project in January 2008, saying the location was too far to benefit the tribe. The Obama administration restarted the process and the Bureau of Indian Affairs prepared a new environmental impact statement for the project. But there hasn't been much movement since the draft document was released in July 2011. The tribe is pursuing the casino under the two-part determination provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The governor's approval will be required. Get the Story:
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