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Spokanes get final OK for casino project

The Interior Department has approved Spokane Tribe casino on the West Plains. Here is a rendering of the proposed casino. (Friedmutter Group / Courtesy)
The Interior Department has approved Spokane Tribe casino on the West Plains. Here is a rendering of the proposed casino. (Friedmutter Group / Courtesy)

Ten years after it first asked to build a casino on its tribal lands in the West Plains, the Spokane Tribe won final approval from Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to build a $400 million gaming and retail development. Inslee made his decision a year after the U.S. Department of the Interior gave the casino a green light, the last hurdle before Inslee’s approval. The governor’s approval follows years of opposition from downtown business interests, Spokane County leaders and the Kalispel Tribe, which operates Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights. Those groups gave no signs of giving up their fight Wednesday, as they continued to harshly criticize the casino proposal, which is called the Spokane Tribe Economic Project – STEP./Nicholas Deshais and Kip Hill, SR. More here.

Question: Another casino in the region, good or bad?

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