{"id":459369,"date":"2026-09-10T12:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/459369\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:55:22","slug":"elk-grove-may-sell-land-once-planned-for-sacramento-zoo-to-wilton-rancheria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/459369\/","title":{"rendered":"Elk Grove may sell land once planned for Sacramento Zoo to Wilton Rancheria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A portion of the 98-acre Elk Grove property once slated for a $302 million Sacramento Zoo could instead be sold to Wilton Rancheria, the tribe behind the nearby Sky River Casino.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Elk Grove City Council was scheduled to discuss negotiations over the potential sale during a closed session Wednesday, according to the council agenda. The property is at 8675 Kammerer Road near Lotz Parkway in southeastern Elk Grove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A city spokesperson said Elk Grove would not comment on a closed-session item.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After years of discussion, the Sacramento Zoo was set to relocate to the city-owned site after the City Council voted to <a data-ylk=\"slk:approve construction of the $302 million, 98-acre project in 2024.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/community\/elk-grove\/article288167295.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">approve construction of the $302 million, 98-acre project in 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Plans were scrapped in 2025 amid economic concerns, when;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article305414211.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Plans were scrapped in 2025 amid economic concerns, when<\/a> the zoo&#8217;s interim CEO announced that the zoo would remain in Land Park, its home since 1927. The Sacramento City Council <a data-ylk=\"slk:voted on Sept. 1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article317091331.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">voted on Sept. 1<\/a> to allow the zoo expand at its current location in William Land Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wilton Rancheria, the only federally recognized tribe in Sacramento County, opened <a data-ylk=\"slk:nearby Sky River Casino in 2022;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/community\/elk-grove\/article278075912.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">nearby Sky River Casino in 2022<\/a>. The casino features 120,000 square feet of gaming space with 2,500 slot machines and 81 table games, along with 18 restaurants and bars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sky River Casino has continued to expand, breaking ground in April on <a data-ylk=\"slk:a new 300-room hotel and resort;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/business\/article315473952.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a new 300-room hotel and resort<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A portion of the 98-acre Elk Grove property once slated for a $302 million Sacramento Zoo could instead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1610,4106,121,123,122,3332,96843,45266],"class_list":["post-459369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-city-council","tag-elk-grove","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sacramento-zoo","tag-sky-river-casino","tag-wilton-rancheria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}