Washington’s Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation are waiting for the federal government to put 194 acres the tribe has purchased in Pasco into trust for a casino. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is expected to take this action within two to five years.
Such a casino has a potential to make a big impact on the Tri-Cities region of Washington that includes Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland. The tribes expect such a casino to employ more workers than the other three casinos in the area combined, as many as 2,000. Those casinos are in Omak, Coulee Dam and Manson.
