State lawmakers are considering a casino that would be run by the Lumbee tribe in southeastern North Carolina.
The project is one of four “entertainment districts” proposed across the state by Republican leaders in the General Assembly, who have also pushed for sports betting and video gambling this session.
Rep. Jarrod Lowery, a Robeson County Republican and member of the Lumbee tribe, praised the idea of adding entertainment districts, which also call for hotels and water parks, saying they would bring much-needed economic development to rural regions. The other proposed locations are in Anson, Nash and Rockingham counties.
“It’s really going to turn some of our rural areas into tourist destinations,” Lowery told the Border Belt Independent on Thursday.
