Together, the Sacramento-area casinos operate around 13,000 slot machines, about as many as the casinos in Reno.

The groundbreaking by the United Auburn Indian Community, the owner of Thunder Valley, will come a week after the Wilton Rancheria held its groundbreaking on a $400 million casino called Sky River, which will become the seventh tribal casino in greater Sacramento and the first new casino since the Hard Rock resort opened in late 2019 in southern Yuba County. It will seat as many as 5,000 people when it opens in late 2022 and will sit adjacent to the casino itself, tribal spokesman Doug Elmets said Friday, as reported by The Sacramento Bee. Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California plans to break ground Tuesday on a $100 million indoor entertainment center, to be called The Venue.

The center is slated to open in late 2022 and could be used for music concerts, comedy shows, and sporting events such as boxing. The United Auburn Indian Community was set to break ground Tuesday on a $100 million indoor entertainment center to be called The Venue, adjacent to the Lincoln casino.

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