Hundreds of people gathered Friday morning as the Catawba Nation broke ground on its expansion of Two Kings Casino Resort in Kings Mountain.
Robert Keesee, a Catawba tribe member, told Channel 9 that this moment has been a long time coming.
“You hear so many things like, ‘When is this going to start or when is this going to happen?’ Well, it finally has,” he said. “It’s an exciting day. Glad it’s finally happening.”
Just 35 minutes from Uptown Charlotte, the $700 million project will create nearly 2,000 new jobs.
“It brings more revenue to this county, and it helps the Indians out. I’m really happy about that,” resident Lewis Fox said.
