Hollywood Casino is expected to add 9,000 daily car and truck trips to the area, a 50 percent jump from current traffic trends. Jacob said that since 2014, about 50 collisions have occurred along Highway 94 near the venue. The facility is 200,000 square feet, with more than 1,700 slot machines, 50 live table games, restaurants, bars, lounges and an enclosed underground parking structure. The $360 million casino has been planned by the Jamul tribe since the 1990s. The Jamul Action Committee also maintains that the land on which the casino was built is not a reservation under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs recognizes Jamul Indian Village as a tribe, Webb disputes that.

Last week’s standing-room-only crowd at Jamul Primary School were told by committee members and county Supervisor Dianne Jacob that they would continue fighting against the tribe and the casino.Īttorney Pat Webb, who represents two people who once lived on the land where the casino was built, explained that there are still five outstanding state or federal lawsuits that are pending.Īnd while the U.S.

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