The Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians outlined plans for a $26 million casino at a village council meeting in Mackinaw City, Michigan, on Thursday.
The tribe wants to build a a 29,000 square foot casino with 550 slot machines.
The facility would employ 85 to 90 people.
"We would be an anchor … an anchor establishment for the village," tribal legislative leader Melvin Kiogima said at the meeting, The Sturgis Journal reported.
The tribe's Class III gaming compact authorizes two casinos. The $140 million Odawa Casino Resort has been
in operation since 2007.
Kiogima said the tribe will share 2 percent of slot revenues with the community, as required by the compact. The compact also requires local approval for the casino.
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