News Headlines Update: 'How a Native American tribe changed the gambling industry by standing up to the FBI' J-Ī 1992 confrontation between the FBI and the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation became a turning point in the history of the Indian gaming industry. The reservation is adjacent to the the city of Prescott. These properties are all on the Tribe's 1,400-acre reservation in central Yavapai County, Arizona. The Tribe presently owns and operates Bucky's Casino, the Yavapai Casino, Prescott Resort and Conference Center, Sundog Business Park, and Frontier Village, a 250-acre shopping center.
Ground breaking is expected in early Fall 2014 and construction should take about 18 months. The tribe will move their allotted 566 gaming machines into the new casino.
The project will consolidate the tribe's current two casinos, Bucky's and the Yavapai Casino. Likewise the design been completed pending suggestions from the community. The new casino resort has not been named at this time. The information was released April 6, 2014.
The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe announced plans to build a new $40 million destination casino resort on 12 acres at the Highway 69-Yavpe Connector intersection.
