The Chumash Casino Resort. Photo from Facebook
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The Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Indians in California plans to spend $160 million on a casino expansion project.
The tribe will add a 12-story hotel with 215 rooms to the Chumash Casino Resort, bringing the total number of rooms to 315. The gaming floor will see another 60-to-70 thousand square-feet.
"It's what our guests want", Chairman Vincent Armenta told KEYT-TV.
The tribe plans to break ground later this year, KEYT said.
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