Despite challenges, Scotts Valley Band moving forward with plans for ‘preview casino’ in California’s Bay Area

Saturday, December 27, 2025 6:16 PM
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  • Todd R. Hansen, Daily Republic

The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians denies reports that it has installed slot machines in its modular buildings at the site where it hopes to develop a casino resort complex and tribal housing.

The tribe did announce, however, plans to open a small, temporary preview casino – targeted for January.

“The tribe plans to operate a limited number of Class II gaming machines on its sovereign tribal land, repurposing the existing modular buildings on site to serve as the casino,” the Scotts Valley tribe said in a statement…

The site is 160.33 acres along Interstate 80 at the Highway 37 connector in Vallejo.