For many years public officials had put all their energy and money into getting something for Los Coyotes, when they do not have legal grounds for a casino,\u201d said Jones in an interview with The Victorville Daily Press.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Los Coyotes Band has also been trying for almost two decades to open a gaming property in Barstow, but that effort appears to have stalled following the publication of an environmental impact study in 2014.<\/p>\n
Gaming Experience<\/b><\/h2>\n Chemehuevi Tribe’s push for a Barstow gaming property comes as the group is putting the finishing touches on the Havasu Landing Resort and Casino, a venue located on the tribe’s reservation on the California side of Lake Havasu. Lake Havasu City, Ariz. is a popular destination for boating and watersports enthusiasts.<\/p>\n
That property will feature a 10,000 square-foot casino with 320 gaming machines, six table games, nearly 50 guestrooms, dining options and a ferry to transport patrons to Lake Havasu City.<\/p>\n
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Should Chemehuevi Tribe win the rights to develop a casino in Barstow, that would deal blow to the rival Los Coyotes because the latter has been angling for a gaming property there since 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn 2011, Los Coyotes pitched a $160 million Bartsow development project that would include a 57,000-square foot casino, 1,325 slot machines, 57 table games and 100 hotel rooms.<\/p>\n
Jones, the Chemehuevi Tribe chairman, likes his group’s chances for beating its rivals to the Bartsow gaming property punch.<\/p>\n
\u201cI expect we have an 80% chance of getting the casino completed, maybe in three to five years time,\u201d he told <\/strong>The Victorville Daily Press<\/strong>.<\/i><\/p>\nCompeting With Vegas<\/b><\/h2>\n A casino in Barstow could be seen as the latest attempt by California tribes to keep some revenue in the Golden State before gamblers cross the border into Nevada<\/a>. There are approximately 60 tribal gaming properties in California that account for a combined $8 billion<\/a> in annual tax revenue for the state.<\/p>\nTwo dozen of those casinos are in Southern California, a region that is home to about 60 percent of the state’s population.<\/strong><\/p>\nChemehuevi Tribe’s Havasu Landing Resort and Casino is the closest California gaming venue to Las Vegas, but it is off I-40, not I-15. I-15 is the most traveled route to get from Southern California to Sin City. The closest gaming option to I-15 is San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino in Highland, but even that property requires two freeway changes to get to the 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Barstow, a small town in San Bernardino County, Calif. known primarily for being on the way to Las Vegas, may be getting its own casino with two tribes vying to open a gaming property along Interstate-15 (I-15). Efforts to open a casino in Barstow, which is situated along historic Route 66, have moved in fits […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":110781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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