“We know that Las Vegas is and will always be the gaming and entertainment hub of North America,” Latisha Casas, the chair of the tribe’s gaming and hospitality authority, told the board, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal. The recommendation is now to be considered for final approval by the Nevada Gaming Commission on December 16. The body recommended the San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority, a subsidiary of the tribal nation that would operate the venue, be licensed to acquire the resort. The Nevada Gaming Control Board’s voting in favor of the tribe was unanimous. The San Manuel Indian Tribe now expects to reopen the Palms resort in the spring of 2022. Gaming executives with the tribe described the meeting with the board as “historic,” as it marks the first-ever Native American tribe to own and operate a hotel-casino in Las Vegas. The tribe is set to acquire the property from Station Casinos for $650 million dollars.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended on Wednesday the California's San Manuel Indian Tribe purchase of the Palms Casino Resort near the Vegas Strip be approved.
