Catawba Two Kings Casino | Opens 2026, Temp Casino Open Now

Groundbreaking Held June 7, 2024

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CATAWBA TWO KINGS CASINO RESORT

538 Kings Mountain Blvd.
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
(704) 750-7777

The Catawba Indian Nation is building a casino resort named "Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort" in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, a small suburban city near the stateline with South Carolina and 33 miles west of Charlotte. The location is near the Kings Mountain Boulevard interchange at I-85 Exit 5.

A temporary casino is open now 24/7, while a permanent casino is under construction to open in early 2026.

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Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort

Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort

Construction of Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort is planned in three phases. Phase 1 was construction of a temporary casino, which was completed and opened July 1, 2021. Phase 2 is construction of the permanent casino followed by the hotel in the final phase.

The temporary casino opened July 1, 2021. This casino will continue operating 24/7 until construction of the permanent Two Kings Casino Resort is completed. See details

The permanent casino is under construction and will open in early 2026. Construction will continue with a final phase to add a hotel, entertainment center, and retail stores. See details

Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort will be a $273 million casino complex with 195,000 square feet. It will feature a casino, 1,500-room hotel, entertainment center, restaurants and stores. The casino will occupy 75,128-square-feet and include 1,796 slot machines and 54 table games.

News

Catawba Two Kings Casino | Construction Update March 2025 March 9, 2025 - Construction of the Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort has made significant progress since starting last June. The 16-acre site has three major construction ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino Construction | Feb. 2025 Update February 2, 2025 - The Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort is nearing the midpoint in the construction of its permanent casino. The casino is scheduled to open in early 2026 ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino launches live table games June 21, 2024 - Live table games are operating for the first time inside the temporary Catawba Two Kings Casino. There are twelve new table games introduced this week ... Read more Two Kings Casino Resort | Groundbreaking Today, June 7, 2024 June 7, 2024 - The Catawba Nation held a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 AM this morning to kick off construction on their new $700 million Two Kings Casino Resort. ... Read more Headlines continued...

Two Kings Casino Status

Casino Application
The Catawba Indian Nation applied with the U.S. Department of Interior to build a casino in Kings Mountain, NC, under terms of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

Federal Approval
The U.S. Department of Interior granted approval for the Kings Mountain casino project on March 12, 2020 by the . See details.

Gaming Compact
On Jan. 22, 2021 the Catawba Nation annouonced the signing of a gaming compact with the state governor that will allow Class III gaming at the casino. Class III are "house-banked" slot machines and table games. Without the compact the Two Kings Casino would be limited to Class II gaming, which is non-banked casino games played against other players. See details

Temporary Casino
A temporary casino with 500 slot machines opened July 1, 2021. It later expanded to 1,000 slot machines at the end of 2021. A 24-hours sportsbook was added in Sep. 2022. The facility will operate until construction is finished on the permanent Two Kings Casino Resort. See details

Construction Delayed
Construction of the permanent casino resort was scheduled to begin after the opening of the temporary casino. However, in July 2022 it was learned that a federal investigation has delayed the project and no start date has been announced. See details

Construction Begins
Construction began with a groundbreaking ceremony on June 7, 2024. See details

Two Kings Temporary Casino

538 Kings Mountain Blvd.
Kings Mountain, NC 28086

The Two Kings temporary casino opened on July 1, 2021 and will operate 24/7 during construction of the permanent Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort.

A "Pre-launch Casino" is the opening stage in the development of the Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort. This temporary facility is located at 538 Kings Mountain Blvd in Kings Mountain, NC, and is fabricated with modular buildings joined together to make the casino.

TEMPORARY CASINO FEATURES
Opened July 1, 2021. Expanded Dec. 15, 2021.

Temporary Two Kings Casino

Two Kings Casino Resort

The permanent Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort will be built in phases. The official groundbreaking for construction was June 7, 2024.

OVERVIEW

Artist Rendering of Completed Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort

Phase 1: Introductory Casino

OPENS EARLY 2026
The first phase of construction will build a ground-level casino, a restaurant, initial parking structure, and administrative space.

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Phase 2: Full Casino Resort

OPENING DATE TBD
The second phase of construction will expand the casino, add a hotel, add an entertainment center, and complete the remaining amenities of the resort. The total size of the completed Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort will be nearly 2 million square feet.

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Background History of Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort

Native American tribes require federal recognition and federal approval before building a casino under the Indian Gaming Regulation Act. The Catawba received federal recognition in 1993 and is the only federally recognized tribe in South Carolina.

In September 2013 the Catawba tribe took its first major step towards building a casino when it filed an application with the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs for a land trust and casino rights on 16 acres near Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The ancestral homeland of the Catawba stretched from South Carolina, through North Carolina and into southern Virginia.

Since the Catawba Indian Nation filed its application in 2013, there was five years of delays and no action by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). This prompted South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham to introduce the bill in March 2019 to bypass the BIA and approve the application by an act of Congress. Read the news story "New Hope for Catawba Casino at Kings Mountain NC" (below).

The U.S. Department of Interior finally granted federal approval for the Catawba Two Kings Casino in March 2020.

The Catawba casino plan was initially estimated to cost $273 million for the casiino, hotel, entertainment center, restaurants and stores. A temporary slots casino opened July 1, 2021 to operated during the construction period of the permanent casino.

News Articles

Catawba Two Kings Casino | Construction Update March 2025

March 9, 2025

Construction of the Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort has made significant progress since starting last June. The 16-acre site has three major construction projects underway as shown in the photos below.

CASINO CONSTRUCTION

March 1, 2025

The Catawba Two Kings Casino will be a multi-story building with an introductory casino, a top-floor casino, restaurants and parking floors.

Introductory Casino
The introductory casino will be built on the ground floor and feature 1,350 slot machines, 12 table games, a sports book with 30 self-service kiosks, and a 40-seat restaurant. The introductory casino will open in early 2026 and replace the temporary casino which has been operating nearby since July 1, 2021.

Parking Levels
The casino floors 2,3 and 4 will be a parking garage with 1,600 vehicle spaces.

Full Casino
The casino construction will be completed sometime in 2027. The finshed casino will be expanded to the top floors above the parking levels. The features will include 4,300 slots, 100 table games, a sportsbook with 30 kiosks, five restaurants, six bars, and a players lounge. The introductory casino will become the the casino's smoking area.

RAMP CONSTRUCTION

The large ramp is an infrastructure project to connect visitors from the hotel to the casino.

HOTEL CONSTRUCTION

The hotel at Catawba Two Kings Casino will be a 400-room hotel tower. It will stand alone and connect to the casino.

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2024

Two Kings Casino Resort begins $700M Construction June 7, 2024 June 1, 2024 - Catawba Nation will break ground next Friday on a $700 million Two Kings Casino Resort. The 2-million square-foot construction project will be built in ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino Status | March 2024 Update March 26, 2024 - The Catawba Nation is expanding its temporary casino while working to remove the federal hold on building its permanent casino. Last month the Catawba Nation purchased 9.4 acres ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino | Adding Live Table Games March 22, 2024 - The Catawba Nation will make a major expansion of casino games at their Two Kings Casino this summer. New modular space will soon be added to accommodate 12 live table ... Read more

2023

Catawba Two Kings Casino Construction - Update Oct. 2023 October 14, 2023 - Construction of the permanent Catawba Two Kings Casino has not begun. Work was to follow the opening of the temporary casino in July 2021; however, the ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino: Construction Update Feb 2023 February 13, 2023 - The latest information regarding construction of the future Two Kings Casino Resort was released in an email this week from a spokesman for the Catawba Nation Gaming Authority ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino facing temporary closure for federal violations December 9, 2022 - The National Indian Gaming Commission has concluded an investigation into the Catawba Two Kings Casino and found multiple violations of the Indian Gaming ... Read more

2022

Two Kings Casino's federal investigation nears completion November 10, 2022 - Last March the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) opened an investigation into the financial dealings between the Catawba Indian Nation and the slot machine vendor ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino opens 24-hour sportsbook September 9, 2022 - Catawba Two Kings Casino opened a sportsbook last Tuesday inside its temporary casino. The kickoff came just days before the 2022 NFL season. Sports fans can now ... Read more Two Kings Casino is under federal investigation August 11, 2022 - Catawba Two Kings Casino is under federal investigation for a slot machine vendor allegedly giving company shares to family members of South Carolina politicians. A Wall Street Journal report ... Read more Two Kings Casino construction is delayed by political scandal investigation August 3, 2022 - Construction of the Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort is on hold as the federal government investigates whether politician family members received ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino Celebrates 1st Anniversary July 7, 2022 - Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort opened its temporary casino one year ago on July 1 and celebrated this past weekend with outdoor music, live DJs, free-play promotions and daily drawings for three ... Read more

2021

Cherokee's legal challenge against Catawba casino is ended by Congress December 28, 2021 - The legal fight of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) to stop the Catawba Indian Nation of South Carolina from building Two Kings Casino in North Carolina is over. ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino doubles temporary casino today December 15, 2021 - The Catawba temporary casino in Kings Mountain doubled in size today. The floor size has double, the number of slot machines has increased from 500 to 1,000 and electronc table ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino gets support from U.S. House Bill November 9, 2021 - On the first day of Native American Heritage Month the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1619 titled "Catawba Indian Nation Lands" to ratify the decision by the U.S. Interior Dept ... Read more Update: Catawba Two Kings Casino expansion and construction timelines October 13, 2021 - Catawba Two Kings Casino is currently expanding its temporary slots casino to double the space and double the number of slot machines. The casino opened July 1 with ... Read more Two Kings Casino will double its slots by late 2021 September 23, 2021 - Construction is underway to expand the temporary Two Kings Casino which opened in July 2021. More gaming space will be added to the current 14,700-square-foot gaming floor to accommodate ... Read more Video Tour: Catawba Two Kings temporary casino August 16, 2021 - Catawba Chief William "Bill" Harris leads a tour of the new Catawba Two Kings temporary casino in Kings Mountain NC. The new casino with 500 slot machines opened July 1 and will operate 24/7 during ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino opening brings heavy traffic to Kings Mountain July 11, 2021 - Since opening a 500-slot temporary casino at Catawba Two Kings Casino, the crowds have been coming in high numbers everyday creating heavy traffic in Kings Mountain. ... Read more Catawba Two Kings temporary casino is now open! July 2, 2021 - The Catawba Indian Nation opened its "temporary casino" at noon yesterday at the future home of the Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort. The location is 538 Kings Mountain Blvd. in Kings Mountain ... Read more Kings Mtn Casino Readies for July Opening | Photo Update June 21, 2021 - Catawba Two Kings Casino is preparing to open its temporary slots casino in July. This facility will operate 24 hours a day and feature 500 slot machines, a snack bar, food trucks, valet ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino will open first 500 slots July 1, 2021 June 6, 2021 - FOX 46 has confirmed the early opening of a 500 slot machine facility is scheduled to open July 1st. The facility will provide a temporary location to play slots while the Catawba Two Kings Casino ... Read more Catawba Two Kings "Pre-launch" Casino hiring for July opening May 25, 2021 - Catawba Two Kings Casino completed a two-day job fair last week in preparation for the July 1st opening of its "pre-launch" casino. The temporary casino needs 200 new workers and ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino wins legal challenge from Cherokee Indians April 23, 2021 - The North Carolina-based Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians sued the South Carolina-based Catawba Nation to stop construction of the Two Kings Casino at Kings Mountain, NC. ... Read more Catawba will open temporary casino July 1 during construction of Two Kings Casino April 1, 2021 - Catawba Nation will open a temporary casino during the construction of Two Kings Casino Resort. The modular facility will open July 1 with 500 slot machines and a food ... Read more Feds give final sign-off on Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort March 31, 2021 - The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs has approved the gaming compact between North Carolina and the Catawba Indian Nation last week, and will transfer the 16-acre casino site at Kings Mountain ... Read more Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort schedules job fair May 13, 2021 - The Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort plans a two-day job fair this month to hire 200 workers for a temporary gaming facility to open in July. The event will be held May 19-20 at Cleveland Community C ... Read more Catawba Indian Nation signs gaming compact with Gov. Cooper January 27, 2021 - The Catawba Two Kings Casino took a major step forward when the Catawba Indian Nation signed a gaming compact with Gov. Roy Cooper last Friday. The gaming agreement will allow Two Kings ... Read more Kings Mountain casino construction faces showdown in court January 19, 2021 - As the Catawba Indian Nation continues construction on its Two Kings Casino at Kings Mountain, NC, a showdown in federal court with the Eastern Band of Cherokees is coming in ... Read more Kings Mountain Casino plans temporary opening this Fall January 10, 2021 - The Catawba Indian Nation plans to build a 60,000-square-foot initial casino that will open this fall. Tribal Administrator Elizabeth Harris said "After clearing is complete, we will begin building an ... Read more

2020

Federal Bill introduced to protect NC Land for Catawba Two Kings Casino October 30, 2020 - A bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last month to support the transfer North Carolina land owned by the Catawba Indians of South Carolina into ... Read more New North Carolina casino is named 'Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort' September 3, 2020 - Last Friday the Catawba Indian Nation announced the official name of the new casino under construction at Kings Mountain, NC will be the "Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort". ... Read more Catawba King Mountain Casino is opposed by Buncombe County August 23, 2020 - Buncombe County has joined the Eastern Band of Cherokee in opposition to the tribal casino under construction by the Catawba Indian Nation at Kings Mountain, NC. The ... Read more Catawba Indians start construction on $300M Kings Mountain casino July 24, 2020 - The Catawba Indians celebrated the groundbreaking for their $300M Kings Mountain casino resort on Wednesday morning, and construction began Thursday morning. ... Read more Kings Mountain Casino plan gets federal approval March 19, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Interior has approved plans submitted by the Catawba Indian Nation to build a $273M casino resort in Kings Mountain, NC. The tribe is headquartered in South Carolina. ... Read more

2019

Proposed Kings Mountain Casino gets environmental assessment December 28, 2019 - The Bureau of Indian Affairs published an Environment Assessment Report last week on the impact of building a casino and entertainment complex in Kings Mountain, NC. ... Read more New Hope for Catawba Casino at Kings Mountain NC March 16, 2019 - Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a US Senate bill to bypass a 5-year delay by the US Interior Department and qualify the Catawba Indian Nation to build a casino at Kings Mountain, NC. ... Read more