The Lumbee Tribe has purchased land along Interstate 95 in Robeson County where it’s considering building the state’s first casino east of Charlotte.
Around the same time Congress was voting last month to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe, the American Indian group bought about 240 acres just south of Lumberton, property records show.
The site is undeveloped farmland where Chicken Road crosses I-95 near the tiny towns of McDonald and Raynham. County records show the property was sold for $6 million. Part of it directly fronts the interstate near the interchange with Interstate 74.
Lumbee Chairman John Lowery, who’s also a state legislator, says tribal members will vote on whether to build a resort and casino.
