![]() ![]() ![]() NC Family has long opposed the Catawba casino project, not only because a massive gambling casino the size of a Lowes Home Improvement store would bring significant harms to individuals and families due to increases in gambling addiction and related problems, but also because it will cannibalize the local economy and plague surrounding communities. Among other things, the EBCI disputes the Catawba tribe’s historical claims to the land in North Carolina and raises allegations that the Catawba Indian Nation and controversial gambling developer Wallace Cheves wrongly influenced the Department to gain approval of the project. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), which operates two casinos in the far reaches of Western North Carolina, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging multiple aspects of the Interior Department’s approval of the project. Department of the Interior agreed in March to take the land into trust for the purpose of allowing the Catawba tribe to establish a gambling casino, the proposal continues to face significant scrutiny and opposition, and it is far from a “done deal.” The 16-acre site sits along the I-85 corridor in Kings Mountain just 35 miles west of Charlotte. ![]() The South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation plans to hold a “groundbreaking ceremony” today on a tract of land in North Carolina where it intends to build a 200,000-plus square foot gambling casino. ![]()
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