Win-River Casino: Relocation/Expansion | Updates 2023

Nation | Tribe: Redding Rancheria

WIN-RIVER RESORT & CASINO

2100 Redding Rancheria Road
Redding, California 96001-5530

(800) 280-UWIN (8946)
(530) 243-3377

Win-River Casino in Redding, California plans to build a new casino, hotel and convention center at a new site along the Sacramento River about two miles from its present location. Plans include a 69,000 square-foot casino with 1,200 slot machines and 36 game tables, a 250-room hotel, an 1,800-seat event center and a 1,500-seat outdoor amphitheater. See Win-River Relocation & Expansion Plan.

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Win-River Resort & Casino

Win-River Casino is an Indian gaming casino owned by the Redding Rancheria. The casino is located in Redding, California, a few miles off Interstate 5 and directly off Highway 273. Win-River features 600 slot machines, 12 table games, a restaurant, pub, hotel, RV park and the River Tasalmi Golf Club.

Win-River Casino has operated at its current location since 1993. In 2010 Redding Rancheria filed an application with the U.S. Department of Interior to restore 232 acres of land along Interstate 5 into reservation land. Federal approval will allow Redding Rancheria to develop a casino on that land.

The U.S. Department of Interior is currently reviewing the tribe's application and a final decision is expected this year. Over the years, Redding Rancheria has resubmitted its application several times as the approval process started, paused, and restarted with each federal administration.

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Win-River Casino Relocation Project - Update Aug 2023 August 11, 2023 - The Redding Rancheria is still waiting for a final decision by the U.S. Department of Interior on whether the Win-River Casino can relocate to a new site along the Sacramento River ... Read more Win-River Casino: Tribe signs new California gaming compact April 10, 2023 - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a new, 25-year tribal gaming compact with the Redding Rancheria, owners of Win-River Casino in Redding. The new agreement allows ... Read more Win-River Casino: Relocation/Expansion Update - March 2023 March 1, 2023 - The decision to move the Win-River Casino to a new location in Redding, California is currently in the hands of the federal government. The Redding Rancheria describes the situation as ... Read more Win-River Casino relocation is opposed by Redding City Council December 29, 2022 - The Redding City Council voted unanimously last week to oppose the relocation of the Win-River Casino to a new site owned by the Redding Rancheria at Interstate 5, south of Bonneyview Road. ... Read more Win-River Resort wants Redding to void the land sale blocking new casino access July 11, 2022 - Win-River Resort has asked the Shasta County Superior Court to have the city of Redding restore city land that blocks public access to the new Win-River Resort site located ... Read more Headlines continued...

Win-River Relocation & Expansion Plan

In November 2016 the Redding Rancheria submitted a new land-to-trust application to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. If accepted, the tribe would move 232 acres into federal trust and build a new casino, hotel and convention center.

The new site is less than 2 miles from the existing Win-River Casino. The plan is to build a new 69,000 sq-ft casino with a 250-room hotel at the new site and convert the existing casino to other tribal use.

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New Win-River Resort & Casino

The new Win-River Resort & Casino will feature a gaming floor that is three times larger than the existing casino. The new hotel will also be three times larger. In addition, there will be a conference center (10,080 sq-ft), an event center with 1,800 seats (52,200 sq-ft), an outdoor amphitheater with 1,500 seats, a retail facility, and parking for 2,656 vehicles.

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New Win-River Resort & Casino

These artist renderings of the new Win-River Resort & Casino at I-5 were prepared by the architect HBG Design.

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New Win-River Resort & Casino

Win-River Casino plans to relocate about 2 miles to a 232-acre site along Interstate 5 just south of Bonneyview Road. The land is owned by the Redding Rancheria.

To build a casino here, the U.S. Department of Interior must approve the Win-River relocation plan and transfer title of this land into federal trust giving the site tribal sovereignty over state and local juridction.

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Win-River Casino Relocation Project - Update Aug 2023

August 11, 2023

The Redding Rancheria is still waiting for a final decision by the U.S. Department of Interior on whether the Win-River Casino can relocate to a new site along the Sacramento River south of Redding. The decision is expected by the end of this year.

Last month the Shasta County Supervisors approved a 30-year agreement with the Redding Rancheria to provide services to the new Win-River casino if the relocation is approved. Supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of the agreement.

According to report by KRCR, the agreement included the following terms:

"Terms of the deal include one time payments to the Rancheria of $1.6 million, a million to law enforcement, a million to fire and emergency services, and a fair share of traffic mitigation. Then, $1,000 per call for law enforcement, $10,000 a call for fire service, a transient occupancy tax at the same rate as the county, and $50,000 a year for road and traffic controls."

- KRCR July 25, 2023

Last January the Shasta County Supervisors vote to support new Win-River casino project. A month earlier, the Redding City Council voted to oppose it. In April Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new gaming compact with the tribe, which will allow 1,200 Vegas-style slot machines and Class III table games at the new casino.

The new Win- River Resort Casino will include a 69,000 square-foot casino with 1,200 slot machines and 36 game tables, an 1,800-seat event center and a 1,500-seat outdoor amphitheater, and a 250-room hotel.

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Win-River Casino: Tribe signs new California gaming compact

April 10, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a new, 25-year tribal gaming compact with the Redding Rancheria, owners of Win-River Casino in Redding. The new agreement allows the tribe to operate two casinos on tribal land with a total of 1,200 Vegas-style slot machines and Class III table games, such as blackjack, baccarat, craps, and roulette. Redding Rancheria can also operate off-track race betting.

Redding Rancheria is waiting for approval from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to transfer 232 acres of land owned by the tribe along Interstate 5 into federal trust to allow relocation of the Win-River Casino.

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Win-River Casino: Relocation/Expansion Update - Feb 2023

March 1, 2023

The decision to move the Win-River Casino to a new location in Redding, California is currently in the hands of the federal government. The Redding Rancheria describes the situation as a "waiting game" as the U.S. Department of Interior evaluates the tribe's application to reclassify 232 acres of its land along Interstate 5 as reservation land for the purpose of building a new, larger casino.

The Redding Rancheria Chief Executive Officer, Tracy Edwards, gave this update last week:

"We are gaining traction in establishing our restored lands into trust for our eventual casino relocation and expansion project.

"At this point, it is a waiting game until the Department of the Interior issues a positive Record of Decision to take our I-5 property into trust for gaming purposes.

"We are hopeful this whole process wraps up this year."

- Tracy Edwards, CEO Redding Rancheria

The Redding Rancheria applications submitted to the Interior Department offers seven development options for the I-5 land. The estimates of construction costs vary between $150 million and $400 million.

The tribe prefers the option that proposes a 383,893 square-foot casino resort. The casino would feature 1,200 slot machines, 36 table games and high-stake poker. Restaurants would include a buffet, 24-hour deli, sports bar and grill, food court and several smaller venues. A nine-story hotel would feature 225 guest rooms and 25 suites. The plan excludes an outdoor entertainment venue and a retail shopping center.

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Win-River Casino relocation is opposed by Redding City Council

December 29, 2022

The Redding City Council voted unanimously last week to oppose the relocation of the Win-River Casino to a new site owned by the Redding Rancheria at Interstate 5, south of Bonneyview Road. The new Win-River Casino would include a hotel, convention center, event center and an outdoor amphitheater.

Council Member Tenessa Audette explained the council received a petition with 6,000 signatures and 500 emails in opposition to the move.

"The overwhelming arguments are about agriculture. That land is really valuable agricultural land. It's very close to the river, so people are worried about what that will do to the fish and wildlife in the area as well as the flood plain."

- Tenessa Audette. Council Member

The Redding City Council will now send a letter explaining its opposition to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which will make the final decision regarding the Win-River Casino relocation.

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Win-River Resort wants Redding to void the land sale blocking new casino access

July 11, 2022

Win-River Resort has asked the Shasta County Superior Court to have the city of Redding restore city land that blocks public access to the new Win-River Resort site located between I-5 and the Sacramento River. The only public access to the land was sold by the city in 2020 to a private company in a private meeting of the city council. The Redding Rancheria immediately sued the city claiming the land sale was illegal.

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In May 2022 a judge agreed with the tribe and ruled the land transaction was illegal and violated city procedures. Both sides are now waiting for the judge to issue an order to resolve the issue. Redding Rancheria has asked the city to void a land sale.

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Win-River Casino relocation and expansion update!

December 27, 2021

Redding Rancheria has renewed its 2016 application with the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to relocate and expand the Win-River Casino.

New opposition to the relocation emerged last week from Senator Dianne Feinstein. In a letter to Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Bryan Newland dated Dec. 21, 2021, Sen. Feinstein wrote a "restored lands" exception is not applicable in this case, and she recommends expanding the public input process to included local residents, City of Redding, Shasta County and the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, which owns the Rolling Hills Casino in Corning, California

Redding Rancheria Tribal Council Chairman Jack Potter responded:

"The tribe isn't shocked that we received opposition from Dianne Feinstein; Dianne Feinstein opposes all casino relocation projects. She has personal issues against casinos that affected her personally in her life so we know that she opposes them."

Last year the tribe asked the department to place the project on temporary hold after the City of Redding and Shasta County expressed opposition over economic issues and environment concerns.

After a lengthy review and consideration the project resumed last September. An environmental impact study has since been completed by the U.S. Depart of interior. That report is now pending publication and will be followed by public comments.

Chairman Potter said the tribe will continue to "move ahead slowly" with the project.

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Win-River Casino Relocation | Update

September 30, 2021

The proposed relocation of Win-River Casino has been restarted by the federal government after stopping a year ago due to opposition from Shasta County and the City of Redding. A decision was recently made by the new Secretary of Interior, Deb Haaland, to resume the federal process for moving the Win-River Resort & Casino to tribal property next to Interstate 5 and Churn Creek Road.

The Redding Rancheria want to replace their existing Win-River Resort & Casino with a larger casino and hotel along the I-5. The casino would have a 70,000-square-foot gaming floor with 1,200 slot machines and 36 table games. A 9-story hotel would offer 250 guest rooms, a spa and pool. The new Win-River complex would also feature restaurants, an event center, an outdoor amphitheater and retail shops.

The Interior Department has resumed its environmental impact study for the casino move. Approval for the project is not needed from Shasta County and Redding. After the study is completed an environment impact report will be published for public comments. Afterwards the Interior Department will decide whether to approve the relocation. If approved, the Interior Department will tranfer 232 acres of land owned by the Redding Rancheria and located at I-5 into federal trust. That process grants tribal sovereignty to the land and allows construction of an Indian gaming casino.

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Win-River Casino relocation project suffers setback

November 22, 2020

Four years after filing a land-to-trust application with the Bureau of Indian Affairs for federal approval to relocate and expand the size of the Win-River Casino at a new site south of Redding, the Redding Rancheria received a letter from the U.S. Department of the Interior stating the tribe's Casino Relocation Project requires state rather than federal approval.

When the tribe's application was filed in 2016, the federal government had the ultimate authority to approve the project. Now the process for this project has been changed according to the Interior Department's letter in light of a new decision by the California Supreme Court.

After receiving a significant number of concerns and opposition from the public and other parties including U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, which own the Rolling Hills Casino, the Interior Department wants the final decision made by the state.

The tribe's attorney, Mike Hollowell, downplayed the significance of the letter stating it is "just a procedural step" in the process. "While this is a disappointing development, it does not foreclose on the tribe's Casino Relocation Project. It's not an end of the project."

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Tribe sues city for blocking relocation of Win-River Casino

August 6, 2020

Redding Rancheria is suing the City of Redding for a questionable real estate transaction that effectively blocks public access to the Sacramento River-front property where the tribe plans to relocate the Win-River casino.

The tribe claims the city improperly sold property containing the only entryway into the tribe's relocation site. In a closed-door meeting earlier this year the city council designated this access property as exempt surplus land and authorized its sell to a private company, Shasta Land Holdings LLC, which is also named in the lawsuit.

In a statement, the Redding Rancheria explained:

"We believe the City of Redding has tried to kill the tribe's Casino Relocation project. By selling this public property to a private entity with deep pockets, the City of Redding is trying to prevent commercial access to the Tribe's I-5 property, which could prove detrimental to the viability of the Casino Relocation Project."

The lawsuit was filed in the Shasta County Superior Court on July 31.

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Win-River Casino to reopen May 15

May 12, 2020

In a press release last week the Redding Rancheria authorized Win-River Resort & Casino to reopen its gaming operation in a limited capacity effective May 15.

The announcement was published on the Facebook page of Win-River Casino.

Redding Rancheria
May 8, 2020 at 12:09 PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - MAY 8, 2020

To make this important decision, we tracked local health data, consulted with our medical directors, and, ultimately, approved a robust and detailed reopening plan. The reopening plan prioritizes the well-being of our employees and guests and meets or exceeds federal, state, and county guidelines for operating businesses.

As part of the reopening plan, we will require temperature screenings of our employees and guests before they enter the casino. Employees and guests will also be required to wear appropriate facemasks inside the casino. Win-River Resort and Casino will provide facemasks as necessary.

Guests will also experience a variety of changes inside the casino, including a number of hand sanitizing stations, measures to maintain social distancing and ensure adequate spacing, limited food service, no alcohol sales, and plexiglass barriers where appropriate. We will continue to monitor the situation actively with a focus on public health and safety. As we all adjust to the new normal, please know that Redding Rancheria is here to support the entire community, not just our members, employees, patients, and guests.

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Win-River Casino relocation placed 'On Hold'

May 4, 2020

In a statement released this week by the Redding Rancheria, the Win-River Casino plan to relocate has been placed on hold due to opposition by the Redding City Council and the Shasta County Board of Supervisors.

The statement from Redding Rancheria officials reads:

"Redding Rancheria has requested that the Bureau of Indian Affairs pause the environmental review process for the I-5 casino relocation project. We believe that the City and County's opposition to the project has caused concern among federal decision-makers within the Trump administration and may prove insurmountable. Redding Rancheria regrets that this opposition will postpone many job opportunities and other economic benefits that the project would have otherwise provided our local community. We will continue to try to work with our local leaders as we monitor the long-term plan for the I-5 casino relocation project."

The proposed project would build a new casino with a 69,541-square-feet gaming floor, 1,200 slot machines and 36 game tables. The plan includes a 9-story hotel with 250 rooms, a conference center, restaurants, event center with1,800 seats and an outdoor amphitheater with 1,500 seats.

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Win-River relocation is opposed by Shasta County Board

October 3, 2019

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors opposes the Redding Rancheria's plans to move the Win-River Resort & Casino to a new location on Interstate 5 south of Redding. On Tuesday the Board voted 5-0 against the plan.

Proposed site for the relocation and expansion of Win-River Resort & Casino at Strawberry Fields

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors is sending an official letter of opposition to the tribe explaining "the project will have a detrimental impact on the Shasta County community that cannot be adequately mitigated."

The Redding City Council took similar action last August when it voted unanimously against the casino move. The Council said it is willing to work with the tribe in search of an alternative location.

The proposed site is 232 acres of non-reservation land referred to as Strawberry Fields. In late 2016 the Redding Rancheria submitted an application to the U.S. Interior Department to take this land into federal trust as reservation land. That decision is pending and may come as early as the end of this year.

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Win-River Casino Relocation Status & Updates

May 20, 2019

The The Redding Rancheria is seeking federal, state and local approval to move the Win-River Resort and Casino from its present location at 2100 Redding Rancheria Rd in Redding to a new location along Interstate 5.

The new casino would be built on property owned by the tribe and referred to as the "Strawberry Fields Site". It is 232 acres located south of Redding, adjacent to I-5 (westside) and south of the Bonnyview Road exit. It lies between I-5 and the Sacramento River. Bechelli Lane is the northern boundry and private properties line the south.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is currently evaluating the environmental impact of build the Win-River Resort & Casino on the Strawberry Fields site. There is no completion date published for the final EIS report although it is hoped to be finished next year.

STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS)

• Publication of Notice of Intent (NOI) - Completed
  Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 229 / Tuesday, November 29, 2016 / Notices

• Scoping Report - Completed May 2017 (See PDF Report)

• Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) - Completed April 10, 2019 (See Report)

• Public Comment Period - April 10, 2019 to June 3, 2019

• Public Hearing - May 20, 2019 at 6:00PM in the Redding Memorial Veterans Hall, 1605 Yuba Street, Redding, CA, 96001.

• Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) - To Be Determined

The contact for this information is the Regional BIA Office in Sacramento:

Bureau of Indian Affairs
Pacific Regional Office
Bureau of Indian Affairs
2800 Cottage Way
Sacramento, CA 95825
PH (916) 978-6000

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News Headlines Continued

2021

Win-River Casino relocation and expansion update! December 27, 2021 - Redding Rancheria has renewed its 2016 application with the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to relocate and expand the Win-River Casino. Redding Rancheria has renewed its 2016 appli ... Read more Win-River Casino Relocation | Update September 30, 2021 - The proposed relocation of Win-River Casino has been restarted by the federal government after stopping a year ago due to opposition from Shasta County and the City of Redding. A decision was recently made ... Read more

2020

Win-River Casino relocation project suffers setback November 22, 2020 - Four years after filing a land-to-trust application with the Bureau of Indian Affairs for federal approval to relocate and expand the size of the Win-River Casino, the Redding Rancheria received ... Read more Tribe sues city for blocking relocation of Win-River Casino August 6, 2020 - Redding Rancheria is suing the City of Redding for a questionable real estate transaction that effectively blocks public access to the tribe's relocation site on the Sacramento River. ... Read more Win-River Casino to reopen May 15 May 12, 2020 - In a press release last week the Redding Rancheria authorized Win-River Resort & Casino to reopen its gaming operation in a limited capacity effective May 15. The announcement includes the tribe's decision factors ... Read more Win-River Casino relocation placed 'On Hold' May 4, 2020 - Redding Rancheria announced their plan to move the Win-River Casino has been placed on hold due to opposition by the Redding City Council and the Shasta County Board of Supervisors ... Read more

2019

Win-River relocation is opposed by Shasta County Board October 3, 2019 - The Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 against the Redding Racheria plan to move Win-River Resort & Casino to a 232-acre site on the I-5 south of Redding. ... Read more Win-River Casino Relocation Status & Updates May 20, 2019 - The Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs is processing an application from the Redding rancheria to relocate and expand the Win-River Casino on property along side the I-5. ... Read more 11.29.2016 Possible Move for Win-River Resort and Casino