Soboba Band seeks land in trust for casino project

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians is planning a casino on hotel on 290 acres it wants to have placed in trust.

The tribe is proposing a 90,000-square-foot casino, a 300-room hotel a 2,200-space parking garage; restaurants, shops, a spa on the site. The land, which is located next to the tribe's golf course, also will be used for governmental services.

Notice of the proposed land-into-trust acquisition was published in the Federal Register last week. A public meeting will be held January 8. [Ed. Note: Not January 22 as noted before.]

On the day the notice was published, The Riverside Press-Enterprise ran a story in which council member Rose Salgado said she couldn't comment about the potential use of the land for gaming. She said a hotel would be constructed.

Get the Story:
Sobobas plan new hotel-casino in San Jacinto (The Riverside Press-Enterprise 12/18)
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Federal Register Notice:
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians' Proposed Trust Acquisition and Casino/Hotel Project, City of San Jacinto, Riverside County, CA (December 14, 2007)