The Redding Rancheria said it has gotten the federal approval needed to move forward with a controversial plan to expand and relocate the tribe’s Win-River Resort and Casino to prime freeway frontage property along the Sacramento River. The U.S. Department of the Interior on July 1 issued its decision to transfer the Rancheria-owned Sacramento River-front land just south of Redding on Interstate 5 into federal trust status for gaming purposes, the Rancheria said in a statement on Tuesday.
The tribe first announced in 2016 that it planned to relocate its Win-River Casino to the area known as Strawberry Fields in Churn Creek Bottom near Redding’s southern border.