“Now it's in the possession of our tribe and I used to go there when it was Olson Dairy and also a bunch of shops towards the north west corner of that property and now you know, what a blessing as we move forward and try to figure out how we can develop that area so everybody in the Tucson area, and the adjacent barrios can have a place they can call their own.” Tribal Chairman Peter Yucupicio is looking forward to creating jobs for tribal members and Tucsonans in general on land he remembers from back in his childhood. Now the site of an old movie theater near Grant and I-10 will be cleared to become the home of a new casino for the Pascua Yaqui tribe.
That allows another casino to go up there.Ĭasinos owned by the Pascua Yaqui and the tohono O’odham provide entertainment and plenty of jobs throughout southern Arizona. The Pascua Yaqui tribe has Casino del Sol and Casino of the Sun to the Southwest of Tucson Now an act of Congress has declared land the tribe owns near I-10 and Grant as official tribal land.
That’s the workforce the Pascua Yaqui Tribe is expecting for a new casino complex it’s now able to build there. (KGUN) - Expect five to six hundred new jobs in the area of Grant and I-10.
