The Cherokee have sued the Department of the Interior to stop it, and a federal judge has agreed to fast-track the litigation for early next year. The Catawba had its own groundbreaking last spring for a casino across the border in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The biggest fight is with the Catawba Nation of South Carolina, based in York County.
With so much money at stake, he’s at the center of a feud with two other tribes, in part over the possibility of more casinos coming to North Carolina. Steve Harrison/WFAE The Cherokee casino is undergoing a $330 million expansion.
