Construction could begin a year from now on a new casino in metro Tucson. The facility will belong to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and, according to plans, will go up on a 14-acre site near the intersection of Interstate 10 and West Grant Road. The project, which has been long in the talking and thinking stage, recently received an important green light with the U.S. Senate approval of a land act initially sponsored in the House by Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva. The Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition Act makes it possible to put the site in question into a trust for the benefit of the Pascua Yanqui, while also allowing for the presence of gaming on the property. The Senate votes came after the State of Arizona entered into an amended gaming contract with 22 regional tribes which allowed for construction of a casino on a site that was once the home to a Century Park 16 theater. That theater closed in 2011, with the larger site purchased by the Pascua Yanqui Tribe several years later. The tribe already owns and operates the Casino Del Sol and Casino of the Sun, both in Tucson. By Garry Boulard
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