The problem is the people who are left here when they are done gaming. Our worst fears have upon us with the increase in crime,' Worthington added.Īnd yet, not even the head of the Rohnert Park Police Department's union, Rick Bates, blames the casino.
'Before the casino came to town Rohnert Park was a sleepy, little city. He takes no joy in this hotel, which will cost $175 million and employ 150 people, long-term plus 1,000 construction workers, short-term. He says the casino will just bring 'more gambling, more crime, more political corruption.' In 13 months, they will add a 200-room hotel along with local jobs and regional controversy.Ĭasino opponent Chip Worthington has spent 15 years of his life fighting the Graton Casino, and losing, mostly. You're going to feel like you're in a very high-end resort hotel.' Especially, for critics who say that while the complex has brought money to the county, there has been problems too.Īrchitect Brad Friedmutter, who designed the Graton Resort and Casino, said, 'You won't know you're in a casino.
Nothing about this tribe, casino or project has ever been easy.
It is part of a $175 million expansion at the casino just west of Rohnert Park. (KGO) - A groundbreaking ceremony took place at the Graton Resort and Casino in Sonoma County.
