It'll be located right off I-85 along Dixon School Road in Kings. The new law clarifies that the tribe, which has a 700-acre reservation in upstate South Carolina, is subject to tribal gambling laws and affirms the Interior Department's actions.Ĭatawba Chief William Harris said the bill was “the final step in a decades-long fight” to receive federal support for the casino project, The Rock Hill Herald reported. The Catawba Nation broke ground Wednesday on a multi-million dollar casino project in Cleveland County. Interior Department agreed in early 2020 to put 17 acres in Cleveland County into trust for the project. Spurned by South Carolina in previous efforts to offer gambling other than bingo in their home state, Catawba members sought to build a casino in North Carolina, citing what they call its historical and ancestral ties to land in the state. There is already a temporary, preliminary operation up and running at the site off Interstate 85 in Kings Mountain, about 35 miles west of Charlotte. The parking lot was mostly full on the week day afternoon Spectrum News 1 was at the facility.

500 slot machines and a bar and food area have taken up residence in the modular facility. The Catawba Indian Nation will oversee the $273 million Catawba Two Kings Casino with plans for 2,600 permanent jobs and revenues for the tribe. The Catawba Two Kings Casino, located just off I-85 in Kings Mountain, is expansive for what the Nation calls a pre-launch facility. President Joe Biden signed the The Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act, which was included in a larger piece of legislation authorizing military spending, on Monday. A new federal law affirms the operation of a casino in North Carolina by the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation, ending a yearslong dispute between the tribes.

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