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To: Dennis McCoy | Sacramento Business Journal <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: Dennis McCoy | Sacramento Business Journal wrote on the message board: > The tribe that owns Cache Creek Casino Resort is proposing a $200 > million expansion that would more than double the number of guest > rooms and make it the largest hotel in the Sacramento region. > > The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation is proposing to add 377 hotel rooms to > accommodate agritourism visitors to the Capay Valley, as well as > gamblers at the casino in Brooks.Cache Creek currently has 200 rooms > in the hotel tower and spa that has been operating near capacity since > its opening in 2004. > > The tribe previously proposed adding almost 500 more rooms in 2007, > but those plans dissipated during the recession. The expansion that's > currently planned would also include a pool, restaurant, additional > meeting space and a ballroom, along with the 377 new rooms, according > to a notice filed in March, disclosing the preparation of an > environmental impact report. > > The tribe does not plan to add any more gaming space as part of the > expansion. > > The hotel rooms could help support Yocha Dehe's diversification into > agritourism. Two years ago, the tribe opened the Seka Hills Events > Center, which includes a tasting room that showcases Capay Valley farm > products. Those include olives and olive oil, wine and honey. > > The hotel expansion could start this year, and would likely take two > years to complete, according to the tribe’s filing with Yolo > County. > > The new hotel space would be built on land that now serves as a > parking lot. > > After the expansion, Cache Creek's 577 hotel rooms would make it > larger than both the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel and the Hyatt > Regency Sacramento. The two downtown hotels, with 503 rooms each, are > currently the region's largest. > > Yocha Dehe has been diversifying its business beyond the casino for > years, buying agricultural and pasture land, starting up an olive mill > in 2012 and offering food products under the Seka Hills brand. > > Leland Kinter Tribal Chairman Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation wrote: > > > We are continuing to refine plans and still have important > > environmental studies to do. But, we have filed a supplemental > Notice > > of Preparation (NOP) with the State Clearinghouse and Yolo County. > Our > > supplemental NOP proposes adding up to 459 rooms, a pool, a > > restaurant, additional meeting space and a multipurpose ballroom. > No > > additional gaming space is planned. > > Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. They may benefit from your insights If you decide not to send email, post a follow up instead, or return to the original message

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