“This is where I dreamed it would be one day, that the tribe would make the investment and flourish.” Local television station Q13 Fox News reports that Wright said… There, it served gamblers until it was closed in 2005 after in 2004 then-Governor Gary Locke signed off on an agreement to allow the Tribe to relocate the casino to the city of Fife, which is contained within the Puyallup Indian Reservation.įrank Wright is the new casino’s general manager and was part of the tribe’s effort to bring gaming to the city over two decades ago, and who even back then had an eye on something bigger. That vision is now becoming a reality as the floating casino is being replaced with the soon to be opened $370 million land-based, Emerald Queen Casino, located along I-5 on in the city situated on banks of Puget Sound.Īfter being purchased by the tribe in 1996, the original Emerald Queen riverboat made its way from the Mississippi River, through the Panama Canal and eventually to the Port of Tacoma. It’s been a dream since the 90s when the Puyallup Tribe tested the gaming waters in Tacoma, Washington with its Emerald Queen Riverboat. Betting on sports futures, props and lay betsĬasino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino project updates, Washington.

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