The Catawba Indian Nation has been working for seven years to make the resort a reality. The Catawba and Cherokee tribes have been in conflict over the casino development for years.Īt issue: a proposed $273 million, 17-acre project in Cleveland County. “But that’s kind of looking in futuristic terms and saying, ‘Hey, something two miles down the road is going to be worth a whole lot because this is coming in.’ Well, it could and it couldn’t. “My house even in town is going to go up in price, so that’s a conflict of interest,” Neisler told Policy Watch. Neisler, who confirmed those figures with Policy Watch, did not make the claim that mineral rights would prevent development and denied his family company’s large holdings amounted to a conflict of interests. Policy Watch’s investigation found the family of Kings Mountain Mayor Scott Neisler owned land valued at $4.2 million in the area, including a 783 acre parcel within a mile of the new casino. Policy Watch readers will remember our series of stories on the troubled casino project from 2020, which included an examination of how local and state figures connected to the project profited and the questionable connections and history of the casino’s backers.Īs the Policy Watch investigative series illuminated there have for years been questions about conflicts of interest and potential political corruption in the development. The National Indian Gaming Commission is investigating.

The future site of the Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort off Dixon School Road in Cleveland County. Nikki Haley and Haley’s attorney Butch Bowers also received shares, the Journal reported. The husband of former Republican South Carolina Gov.

James Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat, and Democratic political operative Patti Sollis Doyle. Among those receiving shares were the brother of U.S.

The report centers on Kings Mountain Equipment Supply LLC, a company which the Journal found gave shares to relatives of powerful politicians in North and South Carolina as the South Carolina tribe sought an unusual permission to build their casino across the border in North Carolina. The construction and opening of the Catawba Two Kings Casino in Cleveland County could be slowed by a federal investigation into how it was approved, according to a Sunday report from The Wall Street Journal.

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