STEP project preliminary details are unveiled

Spokane Tribe plans fall groundbreaking, 2017 opening of Airway Heights project

Five weeks after gaining approval from the state, and 13 months removed from an OK by the federal government, the Spokane Tribe of Indians officially unveiled plans for their casino and resort project in Airway Heights last week.

In a July 14 news conference held at Spokane's Red Lion Inn at the Park, the tribe showed off preliminary designs from the project that has become known by its acronym name, STEP, or Spokane Tribe Economic Project.

A full 10 years in the planning stage, the most recent hurdle was passed with the approval of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on June 8. Inslee agreed with the...

 

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