Oregon’s Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians are using the 2,300 jobs and $141 million in construction wages their proposed off-reservation Salem casino will generate as a major selling point.
But the casino remains controversial with some neighboring tribes opposed and it still awaits approval by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on its application to put land it owns near Interstate 5 into trust.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown will also have a veto, since off-reservation casinos are subject to the two-part determination as prescribed by Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA).
If such approvals are forthcoming, the tribe plans to begin building between 2024-2015.
The casino would have 2,000 slots and 45 gaming tables, a 500-room hotel, pool and spa, nightclub and sports bar. It would generate an estimated $185.4 million in gross revenue and create 1,500 fulltime jobs the first year of operation, according to the tribe.
The Siletz tribe proposes an unusual, even unprecedented revenue sharing plan, of 25 percent to the state, 25 percent to the Siletz tribe and 50 percent to the state’s other gaming tribes.
