Following an official deed signing in March of this year, which placed an over 100-acre site in trust, the federally recognized Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, along with its partner, Global Gaming Solutions (commercial business of the Chickasaw Nation), broke ground on the Golden Mesa Casino in the Oklahoma Panhandle on May 31st. Located on a 107-acre site southwest of the city of Guymon, which is approximately 370 miles from the tribe’s headquarters in Miami, OK, the site was chosen by […]

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In Oklahoma, the Shawnee Tribe plans to break ground in Guymon for the Golden Mesa Casino after on March 28 following a Texas County records check and site visit an official deed signing placing the 102.98-acre site in trust took place at the Anadarko, Ok office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), according to KVll-TV. Shawnee Chief Ron Sparkman (pictured center) said, “Today signifies an important advancement toward a project that will have a strong, positive economic impact on Texas County,” […]

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A measure that would help to fill an estimated $878 million hole in the upcoming fiscal year’s budget was shot down by an Oklahoma Senate budget committee on Friday. Tribal gaming in Oklahoma would have seen a major expansion had members of the Senate Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget not killed SB 857 in a 22 to 16 vote prior to the weekend, according to the Associated Press. The first reading took place in the State Legislature on Monday, […]

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The Shawnee Tribe’s plan to build the Golden Mesa Casino near Guymon, Oklahoma has progressed at an unprecedented pace as the Governor of the state has given the tribe approval to build, completing a two-step process in record time. After an Environmental Assessment was conducted late last year and the Bureau of Indian Affairs found that no significant impact would take place due to the build, the first major hurdle was passed and now the tribe has completed the permission […]

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Nearly two years after announcing plans to build the $25 million Golden Mesa Casino near Guymon, Oklahoma, it appears that the Shawnee Tribe is on the fast track to approval by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) according to local and niche news reports. In a November Notice of Availability for Shawnee Tribe Casino Environmental Assessment from the BIA the agency stated that “Based on the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Shawnee Tribe Casino project dated November 2016, it has been […]

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In Oklahoma, a plan by the Shawnee Tribe to build a $25 million casino near the panhandle city of Guymon is reportedly continuing to draw criticism including most recently from a Republican member of the Oklahoma State Senate. According to a report from The Oklahoman newspaper, the federally-recognized tribe wants to partner with the Chickasaw Nation to build its Golden Mesa Casino on a 107-acre plot of land approximately three miles southwest of the Texas County city and offer some […]

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The Shawnee Tribe and the Chickasaw Nation have been working together to build an off reservation casino within the borders of Oklahoma. The tribe is planning to spend $25 million for the construction of Golden Mesa Casino in Guymon, a small city in the Panhandle part of Oklahoma. The Chickasaw subsidiary Global Gaming Solutions will manage the casino if it eventually gets built. “Before we begin to build the facility we must go through the approval process which consists of […]

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The Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is now facing opposition to their plan to create a new casino outside the city limits of Guymon, Oklahoma. Residents in the area that are opposed to the casino have created a group called the Panhandle Citizens for Truth in Gaming, to fight the casino project. The group was formed in late February once the plans of the casino were made public. A casino in the Guymon area has been in the planning stages for […]

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