{"id":304104,"date":"2026-05-22T05:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304104\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T05:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:48:08","slug":"texas-tribe-to-open-new-casino-on-southern-reservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304104\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas tribe to open new casino on southern reservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A new casino is opening this summer on tribal land in East Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe plans a larger casino resort to follow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tribal leaders say the project will bring jobs and boost local tourism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LEGGETT, Texas &#8211; A new casino is opening this summer on a reservation in South Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A temporary location will open soon, followed by a groundbreaking ceremony in June for the permanent casino, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas recently announced.<\/p>\n<p>Texas casino<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe is scheduled to open its new temporary casino facility this summer on its tribal land in Leggett.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They said in their press release that the casino will be open 24 hours a day, offering 300 electronic bingo machines, a 24-hour deli, a fountain drink station, a player\u2019s club, and approximately 300 parking spaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Naskila Casino Resort facility, which will be located across from this temporary location, is scheduled for June 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Naskila Casino offers Class II bingo machines, smoking and non-smoking gaming areas, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This temporary facility will provide a positive economic impact for Polk County, surrounding communities and for the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe. The temporary casino will create 110 new jobs, strengthen local partnership, and establish a foundation for long-term tourism growth&#8221; stated Chairman Ricky Sylestine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information in this article comes from the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A new casino is opening this summer on tribal land in East Texas. The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[110130,109475,27460,110131,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-304104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-alabama-coushatta-tribe","tag-casino-resort","tag-groundbreaking-ceremony","tag-leggett","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}