The deal comes as the tribe is pursuing plans to enlarge not only its gaming floor but its hotel space outside Rohnert Park, positioning itself as an even more dominant player in the local hospitality market and California’s $8 billion annual tribal gaming industry.
It would allow the number of authorized slot machines at the casino to go from 3,000 to 6,000. The new, 200-page agreement between the state and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria replaces a compact signed in 2012. Gavin Newsom’s office that will allow it to to double its number of slot machines, advancing a planned expansion first announced last year.
The tribe that owns Graton Resort and Casino, the Bay Area’s largest gaming destination, has reached a new compact with Gov.
