A deal to settle a 200-year-old land dispute in New York paves the way for Wisconsin's Oneida Nation to build a $500 million casino that could open in two years, a tribal leader said Thursday.
The casino could help the tribe achieve financial security for generations, said William Gollnick, the Oneida Nation's general manager of operations. The tribe wants to develop the casino about 100 miles northwest of New York City, tapping a market of about 10 million potential gamblers, he said.
"This is monumental," Gollnick said in a telephone interview from tribal headquarters in Green Bay. "Our culture tells us we are responsible for seven generations. I think the foundation of an economic base that can sustain the Nation going forward is perhaps one of the greatest gifts we can bring."
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