#TribalHomelands - March 16, 2020Ĭatawba headquarters are in neighboring South Carolina, where options for gaming are severely restricted. It took nearly seven years but the Catawba Nation has finally won approval to build a casino in #NorthCarolina, a move that drew strong condemnation from another tribe with an existing enterprise in the state. It took about seven years for the land-into-trust application to gain approval, following lengthy internal deliberations through the Barack Obama and Donald Trump administrations. The 17-acre Two Kings Casino Resort site in Cleveland County was placed into trust by the BIA in March 2020.

The agreement will remain in effect for 30 years.

The compact also applies to as many as three locations in North Carolina, though the tribe hasn’t announced any plans for future casinos. It calls for the state to receive a portion of revenues from Class III games at the casino in the city of Kings Mountain. The tribe signed the agreement with North Carolina Gov. The facility will be about 45 minutes away from downtown Charlotte, the most populous city in the state.

With the compact, the tribe is able to offer Class III products, such as slot machines, poker and similar games, at its forthcoming Two Kings Casino Resort. “Our focus now is developing the casino to bring economic benefits and thousands of jobs to the citizens of North Carolina.”Īrtist’s rendering of the Catawba Nation casino in North Carolina. “This is great news for the Catawba Nation, the state of North Carolina and the Kings Mountain region, and I’d like to thank the Bureau of Indian Affairs for its work in reviewing our Compact,” Harris said in a news release. Chief Bill Harris welcomed the “great news” for his tribe and the state. The Catawba Nation has secured federal approval of its Class III gaming compact with the state of North Carolina, just months before the debut of the tribe’s long-awaited casino.Ī notice of the approved agreement was published in the Federal Register by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on Thursday.

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