The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has announced that its Casino Arizona property has signed a sponsorship agreement with the Arizona Hotshots franchise of the recently-established Alliance of American Football (AAF). Sun Devil Stadium presence: The federally-recognized tribe used an official Friday press release to detail that the Arizona Hotshots is one of eight teams competing in the AAF’s inaugural season with all of the side’s home games being staged inside the 57,000-seat Sun Devil Stadium. As part of the […]

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A strong monsoon storm in the Arizona desert which caused flooding and a massive power outage led officials to evacuate employees and guests at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale early Saturday morning. According to azcentral.com… Friday night’s storm caused the main generators, as well as the backup generators, to malfunction causing the total evacuation on Saturday morning. Property evacuated: Spokesman for the Salt River Police Department, Detective Joseph Orozco, reportedly did not know the exact number of people who […]

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The state of Arizona has defended its decision to destroy documents relating to its long-running battle with the Tohono O’Odham Nation over whether the tribe should be allowed to operate Class III games at its Desert Diamond West Valley Casino And Resort. The Tohono O’Odham Nation opened its Glendale facility as a Class II casino in December after overcoming several legal, political and regulatory hurdles but it is not permitted to offer Class III games such as random number generated […]

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A long-running casino battle between the state of Arizona and the Tohono O’odham Nation continues as the tribe is now seeking sanctions against the state based on destroyed documents. Documents that detailed interactions between the state and opposing tribes of the Tohono O’odham were destroyed and the state admitted to this action. A deposition from August 23 revealed the state had admitted the documents were destroyed as they included the interaction between the state and tribes, though the state attorney […]

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A federal judge has ordered the Arizona Department Of Gaming to turn over internal documents after earlier ruling that a state official had worked with a rival tribe in an effort to prevent the Tohono O’Odham Nation from opening a full-scale casino just west of Phoenix. According to a report from the Arizona Capitol Times newspaper, Judge David Campbell from the United States District Court For The District Of Arizona ruled that Daniel Bergin, Director for the Arizona Depart Of […]

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The Tohono O’odham Nation’s hopes of turning their Class II Desert Diamond Casino Resort in the West Valley in Glendale, Arizona into a full-scale gaming operation may have hit a major roadblock after documents the tribe was forced to disclose indicate it was having discussions regarding gaming in the Phoenix metro area at the same time voters were being told in 2002 that if they approved a ballot measure no new tribal gaming would be introduced to the area. The […]

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On Friday, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) two of the largest tribes in Arizona, announced that they would no longer be a part of the Arizona Indian Gaming Association (AIGA) due to the group’s lack of voice regarding the construction of the Desert Diamond Casino Resort by the Tohono O’Odham Nation in the West Valley in Glendale, Arizona. In a statement, the president of the Salt Rive Pima-Maricopa, Delbert Ray, said, “In […]

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