Navajo’s Get Slot Machines

The Navajo Nation has long been known as the only tribe in America that didn’t seem to want to bring in slot machines. However, the seemingly last holdout has finally given in. The Navajo’s are opening their first casino and bringing in slot machines to assist them with the monetary difficulties that they are facing as a tribe.

They have long settled on a piece of land that is located in northwestern New Mexico, and this will now be the site for their 64,000 sq. ft. Fire Rock Casino. It will have 472 slot machines, 10 table games, and a poker room as well. They will have a bingo room that will seat 400 players, and is expected to bring in more than a fifth of their tribal budget for the year – roughly $32 million.

The opening was met with much fanfare and excitement as more than 4,000 people showed up for their opening, even with it only being in a temporary residence. The only problem was that it only holds 1,800 so there were hundreds waiting outside to get their chance at the slot machines.

Officials say that they are raising money with the temporary slot machine structure to build the permanent structure. They have not yet decided on where they are going to put the permanent slot machine facility, but they do know that when it is completed it will have the casino as well as a hotel and truck stop. They simply have to decide where to put it, for after having resisted slot machines for so long they don’t want to make a mistake now.

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