Cooper and his team for their thoughtful collaboration in creating this compact, which is the key step in bringing economic benefits and thousands of jobs from our casino project to the citizens of North Carolina,” Catawba Chief Bill Harris said in a news release Saturday. 'On behalf of the Catawba Nation, I sincerely thank Gov. Class III gaming is subject to tribal, state and federal authority, according to a Catawba news release.Ĭalled the “Two Kings Casino Resort in Kings Mountain,” it’s a roughly $300 million, 60,000-square-foot facility located about 35 miles west of Charlotte in Cleveland County. The Catawbas plan to open an “introductory facility” in the fall with at least 1,300 slot machines.Ĭlass III gaming includes casino-type games of roulette, craps, blackjack, baccarat and Keno, along with slot machines. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, but it will allow for construction to begin, according to the Charlotte Observer. The Class III gaming agreement still needs approval from the U.S.
A South Carolina tribe is one step closer to opening a casino in North Carolina after a compact was reached between the Catawba Indian Nation and N.C.
