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To: Wikipedia <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: Wikipedia wrote on the message board: > Graton Resort & Casino is an Indian casino outside Rohnert Park, > California, that opened on November 5, 2013. It is owned by the > Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and operated by Station Casinos. > The casino has 3,000 slot machines, 144 table games, and a poker room. > A 200-room hotel is planned for a later phase of construction. > > History > > The tribe announced plans in February 2003 for a casino to be built at > a 1,700-acre site on Sears Point, near the shore of San Pablo Bay. The > plan sparked widespread criticism about the potential effects on > wetland restoration efforts and increased traffic on Highway 37, > leading the tribe to consider other locations in Rohnert Park and > Petaluma. A new site on 360 acres of land west of Rohnert Park, on > Stony Point Road, was announced in August 2003, with strong support > from city officials. > > The tribe announced in August 2005 that the planned site would move > again, this time to a 90-acre site on Wilfred Avenue, closer to the > city limits. The new site was said to be less environmentally > sensitive, and more compliant with the county's land use plan, which > had designated the Stony Point Road site for open space. Station > Casinos bought the Wilfred Avenue tract for the tribe for $76 million, > and also bought 180 acres of the Stony Point land for $24 million, to > use for environmental mitigation projects. > > The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved the tribe's application to take > the land into trust, a key step towards approval of a casino, in May > 2008. The action was delayed, however, when a local group opposing the > project, Stop the Casino 101, filed a lawsuit contesting the decision. > The land was not taken into trust until October 2010, after the > lawsuit failed. > > A tribal-state compact was reached in March 2012 after negotiations > with Governor Jerry Brown, and was soon ratified by the California > State Legislature. Construction work began the following June. The > tribe secured $825 million to fund the project, the greatest amount > ever financed for an Indian casino. > > The casino opened on November 5, 2013. > > In January 2015, the tribe secured $450 million in financing for the > resort, including up to $200 million to build a hotel. As of July > 2015, ground-breaking for a six-story, 200-room hotel was expected to > take place later in the year. > > In May 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in Stop > the Casino 101 v. Brown, in which anti-casino activists claimed that > the tribe's trust land was not properly removed from state > jurisdiction. The rejection by the Supreme Court ended the lawsuit. > > Operations > > The casino is managed by Station Casinos, a Las Vegas firm, which has > a seven-year agreement with the tribe to manage the casino. The tribe > paid $20.4 million in management fees in the first nine months of > operations. The casino has 3,000 slot machines and 144 blackjack, > poker and baccarat tables. It is open 24 hours per day, every day of > the year. > > The tribe makes payments to offset the impacts of the casino. As of > 2014, the tribe was paying about $8 million annually to the city of > Rohnert Park, and $5 million to Sonoma County. > 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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