The temporary casino opened on Jwith 500 slot machines.

The name of the casino, Two Kings, refers to the 18th century Catawba Chief King Hagler and the city of Kings Mountain. The finished casino is expected to have 3,000 slot machines and 120 table games while also including a 400 hotel room tower. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2024 and be completed in two to three years.

There is currently a temporary modular 'pre-launch' casino that has 1,000 slot machines and electronic table games available until the final casino resort is built. The casino is owned by the Catawba Indian Nation and managed by Delaware North. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.Temporary casino operating while the resort is awaiting constructionģ5☁2′07″N 81☂2′19″W / 35.20205°N 81.37201°W / 35.20205 -81.37201Ĭatawba Two Kings Casino is a tribal casino in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, approximately 35 miles west of Charlotte, North Carolina, overlooking Interstate 85. Liu is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. The land for the proposed casino is 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of the Catawba reservation in upstate South Carolina. “We believe the facts are clear and that the court will invalidate this illegal casino and along with it, this compact.”

“This approval stems from the DOI’s original illegal act to take land into trust and force an unwanted casino on North Carolina, a decision that we continue to challenge in federal court,” said Richard Sneed, principal chief of the tribe, in a statement. Strict laws in South Carolina prohibit most forms of gambling in the state. The tribe points out that it has long had historical and ancestral ties to land in North Carolina.īut the Cherokees have called the Catawbas’ efforts “a modern-day land grab” and that, per the legal process, the government is supposed to follow to acquire trust land for the Catawba tribe, that land must be in South Carolina. The Catawbas have said they have a right to the land for the casino based on a 1993 agreement that gave them federal recognition. In addition to the casino, Cheves is planning to build nearly 600 homes and luxury apartments opposite the casino on the other side of Interstate 85.

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