When the new casino resort will be built is not determined yet. The agreement supersedes a 2008 one that would have allowed a much larger project, with double the rooms and double the slots.ĭry Creek Chairman Chris Wright told supervisors: “I think we’ve come up with an MOA (memorandum of agreement) that is fair to the tribe and fair to the county.” He added, “I look forward to a government-to-government relationship going forward.” The project will have a 60,000-square-foot casino with as many as 1,500 slot machines-300 more than operate there now-a 300-room hotel, a spa and wedding chapel. The vote came after three years of negotiations.

The payments will cap at $1.5 million annually.Īccording to the report by the Press Democrat, the Board of Supervisors meeting was heated before the 4-1 vote- with residents and Alexander Valley neighbors of the project opposed to the memorandum of understanding (MOU), and lawyers representing various groups speaking-often heatedly. In return the tribe will pay $750,000 a year to the county until four years after the casino resort is completed, when there will be a 2 percent annual increase to the payment.

The Board of Supervisors of Sonoma County, California, February 28 approved a pact with the Dry Creek Rancheria that moves the tribe’s plans forward to build a casino resort in Geyserville, in the Alexander Valley, where the tribe operates River Rock Casino.

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