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. It's a key step in ultimately creating the $273 million Catawba Two Kings Casino with plans for 2,600 permanent jobs and revenues for the tribe. Tribal leaders were joined by local and state government officials Thursday for a ribbon-cutting at the modular facility containing 500 slot machines just off Interstate 85 in Kings Mountain, about 35 miles west of Charlotte. The full casino resort project is expected to create thousands of construction jobs in the region and 2,600 permanent jobs at full buildout.KINGS MOUNTAIN - The South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation has opened a preliminary, temporary version of its proposed casino just across the border in North Carolina.

It’s a large and complex development project, and we are continuing to work through it.” “A timetable for construction is anticipated to be announced later this year. “Plans for the full casino resort are being finalized and necessary agreements are undergoing a thorough review by the National Indian Gaming Commission,” Troxel said. Infrastructure work is also underway on two key projects needed for development of the permanent casino resort and thus being funded by the Catawba Nation: Doubling the size of the Dixon School Road Bridge over I-85 near the casino entrance and new sewer lines.

The casino is located at 538 Kings Mountain Blvd, Kings Mountain, just off of I-85. There will be daily drawings to give away three new Jeeps, and the bands playing throughout the weekend include Next Level of Charlotte, which will play at 10 p.m. The casino is celebrating the anniversary beginning Friday and running through the weekend with live DJs, musical entertainment outside the casino and free-play promotions for patrons.

Casino workers train on the Interblock electronic gaming tables inside the newest expansion facility at Catawba Two Kings Casino in Kings Mountain Tuesday morning, Dec.

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