Northern Sonoma County to Get Another Tribal Casino

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Northern Sonoma County to Get Another Tribal Casino
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Members of Coination, a tribe currently recognized by the federal government as part of Sonoma County’s Southeastern Pomo, will build a $ 600 million hotel and casino in the unincorporated area of ​​the county north of Santa Rosa. I am planning.

Shilo Casino and Resort features 200 rooms as planned, plus a casino, spa, 6 restaurants and a food service area, and a meeting room. SF Business Times Report.. This is a non-smoking casino and the facility includes 2,500 slot machines and table games. Casino.org notes — But to qualify as a full-fledged casino, the tribe still needs to negotiate a revenue sharing agreement with the state.

The casino grounds are a 68-acre former winery on East Shiloh Road, south of Windsor, near the Maya Kama Golf Course, across the 101 Highway from Sonoma County Airport.

Sonoma County has two other Native American Casinos. River Rock Casino near Geyserville. Graton Resort & Casino in Ronert Park.

“The carp nation had to work harder than most other tribes in California to reestablish our sovereignty,” Tribe President Darin Bertrand said in a statement. .. “But despite this treatment, we have endured. As a federal-recognized tribe, it’s time to own our own land and exercise our right to control our own destiny. I did. “

The Koi State has been federally approved since 2019, giving it the right to establish a sovereign land base.

“At full capacity, Shiloh Casino and Resort employs more than 1,100 full-time workers and benefits the entire Sonoma community,” the Koi Nation tribe said in a statement. “The Koi Nation hopes that some of the resort’s revenue will be shared with the wider community through the support of local organizations and by working with local governments and community members to meet their needs. doing.”

The tribe, whose original hometown was the island of Clear Lake, later settled in the area of ​​the Russian River. They have had little land for the last 150 years. Currently, as Casino.org points out, the tribe has about 90 members.

“With this land and Shilo Resort and Casino, we have taken long postponed steps to maintain cultural and historical integrity and secure a bright future for the next generation,” Bertrand added. I did.

The project’s environmental review and public comment period will begin in the coming months.

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