"If you don't live around Vallejo, you may not be aware the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians has been trying for years to build a $700 million, 160-acre casino in Vallejo, not far from the intersection of I-80 and Highway 37. The casino would also come with a 24-unit single-family home housing complex, a 45-acre biological preserve, restaurants, a cineplex, and a bowling alley. The casino would be open and operating 24/7."
"But this casino has been held up by lawsuits from other tribes, challenging the Pomo peoples' ancestral claims to that land. The tribes filing lawsuits are the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation (who own the Cache Creek Casino Resort 57 miles away), the Koi Nation of Northern California (who own the Shiloh Resort & Casino 51 mies away), and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (who own the Graton Rancheria 36 miles away)."
"Now the Vallejo Times-Herald brings up a new legal challenge, with the news that the Scotts Valley Band has already installed Class II slot machines into modular trailers that happen to be on the location's in-progress construction site. And the Scotts Valley Band does not deny this, even though they had previously claimed those modular trailers were only there for office purposes."
The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians has pursued construction of a $700 million, 160-acre casino near the I-80 and Highway 37 interchange in Vallejo. Planned amenities include a 24-unit single-family housing complex, a 45-acre biological preserve, restaurants, a cineplex, a bowling alley, and round-the-clock casino operations. Rival tribes have filed lawsuits challenging the Pomo ancestral claims to the land and have sued the U.S. Department of the Interior over approval. The presence of Class II slot machines in modular trailers at the construction site has prompted new scrutiny and claims about intended local hiring.
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