Progress continues on the Jamul Indian Village’s 0 million casino project in East San Diego County, in Southern California. The project, 20 miles from downtown San Diego, is expected to be completed by 2016.
The project will include a three-story casino called the Hollywood Casino Jamul, with 1,700 slot machines, 50 gaming tables, several restaurants, and a parking structure with 1,900 spaces. The project had several false starts until the tribe partnered with Penn National Gaming last year.
Originally the tribe was considering a project that would include acquiring 87 additional acres. However in 2006 it revised the project, making it smaller and keeping it entirely on the original reservation.
The project is the subject of a lawsuit by opponents of the casino, led by the Jamul Action Committee, which has sued the state’s Department of Transportation, claiming that it failed to abide by the California Environmental Quality Act when it approved of traffic improvements to state Route 94 intended to assist the casino. The County of San Diego is part of that suit.
The Sacramento County Superior Court on August 22 denied the plaintiff’s petitions for a write of mandate. Both are scheduled to make oral arguments to the court this week.
