Second casino project planned

This artists’ renderinghighlight s how the Shoshone-Paiute resort complex would appear once the combined casino and resort opens to the public.

Illustration courtesy of the Shoshone-Paiute tribes

After decades of remaining the only Native American tribe in Idaho without revenue from tribal gaming, representatives with the Shoshone-Paiute tribes started the process to develop their first resort and casino west of Mountain Home.

Located along I-84 where Ada and Elmore counties meet, the project seeks to reconnect tribal members to their ancestral homelands and provide them with an important tool for self-reliance and tribal sovereignty, officials said.

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