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MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - After 20 years successful the making, the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California yet broke crushed connected their casino successful Madera.
Hundreds of tribal citizens and assemblage members gathered astatine the tribes' national spot onshore conscionable northbound of the City of Madera, on Highway 99.
Saturday's ceremonial marks a important milestone for the tribe's long-awaited casino and resort.
"It is an astonishing time for my assemblage of Madera. We've been waiting with them and sacrificing and crying on with them due to the fact that determination were truthful galore obstacles," Mayor Santos Garcia of Madera said.
Mayor Garcia says Madera is traditionally a small, agrarian assemblage and the casino volition person a ample economical impact.
"The casino coming successful is going to supply galore radical with bully paying jobs and different companies are going to travel present and say, we privation to physique astir the casino due to the fact that they person traction, they person radical coming in," Mayor Garcia said.
North Fork Rancheria Tribal Chairman Fred Beihn expresses his gratitude successful the following:
“Today we basal connected the shoulders of galore tribal leaders who came earlier america and privation to convey the galore determination leaders who respected our cause, our approach, and our ambition to amended the prime of beingness for our citizens arsenic good arsenic our surrounding community,” said Fred Beihn.
It volition diagnostic high-quality gaming, entertainment, including 2,000 slots and 40 array games, 2 full-service restaurants, and six quick-serve-dining options.
"I conscionable privation to convey everyone who has been moving each these years past administrations, Madera County, the City of Madera administrators successful the past for having the patience and the wherewithal to marque definite that our national and authorities governments are supporting this. And this is yet going to happen," Mayor Garcia said.
Mayor Garcia says the casino volition beryllium a game-changer for the aboriginal of Madera County.
