The city of Richland won’t support a local casino manager who wants to keep tribal gaming away from the Tri-Cities.
Max Faulkner, managing partner of Atomic Bowl and Joker’s Casino & Nightclub, asked the city’s elected leaders to oppose plans by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to open the Tri-Cities’ first tribal casino near King City in Pasco.
Faulkner said the tribal casino would be unfair competition to existing businesses and would threaten 140 Richland jobs and the $500,000 in gambling taxes his business pays to the city each year.
This week, the city said it would not join his efforts.
