Editing Muckleshoot (section)

=== Muckleshoot Casino ===
The Muckleshoot Tribe opened the Muckleshoot Casino in April 1995, following changes to [[Native American gaming]] laws. The casino and bingo parlor, built with a tropical theme, included an off-track [[Betting on horse racing|horse racing betting]] area.<ref>{{cite news |last=Broom |first=Jack |date=June 18, 1995 |title=Table setting: The region's Native American communities place their bets on casino gaming |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19950618&slug=2126877 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=January 7, 2024}}</ref> Since then, the facility has been expanded four times.{{Sfn|Ruby|Brown|Collins|2010|p=199}} The [[White River Amphitheatre]] was developed by the tribe on land adjacent to the casino and opened in June 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last=MacDonald |first=Patrick |date=June 1, 2003 |title=White River Amphitheatre, a brand-new player on the summer concert scene |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030601&slug=whitegorge01 |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=January 7, 2024}}</ref> Revenue from these ventures funded the construction of a new tribal medical facility, tribal administrative offices, and a new [[Indian Shaker]] church in the early 2000s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mapes |first=Lynda V. |date=November 27, 2002 |title=Once invisible, Muckleshoots are now an economic force |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20021127&slug=tribe27m |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=January 7, 2024}}</ref> Twenty percent of all revenue from tribal gaming is spent on education.{{Sfn|Ruby|Brown|Collins|2010|p=199}}

The Muckleshoot Casino was expanded in January 2024 with the opening of an 18-story hotel with 401 rooms. The casino itself was expanded to {{convert|300,000|sqft|sqm}}; a parking garage at the site opened in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last=Minnick |first=Benjamin |date=January 4, 2024 |title=Muckleshoot Tribe poised to open hotel at Auburn casino |url=https://www.djc.com/news/co/12161330.html |work=[[Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce]] |accessdate=January 7, 2024}}</ref>