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Lower Lake Rancheria Koi Nation proposed a casino complex near the Oakland International Airport, consisting of 2,000 slots, four restaurants, a spa, a 7-story hotel, and around-the-clock entertainment on a 35-acre site. The proposal requires Bureau of Indian Affairs approval at the federal level.
San Leandro Bay, adjacent to Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline Park, near Oakland International Airport
Lower Lake Rancheria Koi Nation proposed a casino complex near the Oakland International Airport, consisting of 2,000 slots, four restaurants, a spa, a 7-story hotel, and around-the-clock entertainment on a 35-acre site. The proposal requires Bureau of Indian Affairs approval at the federal level.
“Judging from the comments of panelists and most community members at Jane Brunner's February meeting at Peralta Elementary, the proposed casino near the Oakland International Airport would create monster traffic, pay mostly minimum wages, cost more in public services than it would generate in taxes, lure folks who can't afford to gamble, attract unsavory characters, siphon off 30 percent of profits to pay the Florida syndicates who would manage the operation, and frighten away endangered birds.”2005_03 - Local Residents Reject Airport Casino article
“"It's whether or not we want to support the spread of urban gambling."”2005_03 - Oakland Councilmember Jane Brunner, quoted in Local Residents Reject Airport Casino