{"id":17210,"date":"2015-11-12T12:48:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T20:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=17210"},"modified":"2015-11-12T12:48:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T20:48:40","slug":"tohono-oodham-win-again-union-tackles-reit-craze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/tohono-oodham-win-again-union-tackles-reit-craze\/","title":{"rendered":"Tohono O’odham win again; Union tackles REIT craze"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forces opposed to the Tohono O’odham Nation<\/strong>‘s attempts to build a casino (due to open Dec. 20) suffered yet another defeat<\/a> — the \"Tohono<\/a>18th, by the tribe’s count — when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals<\/strong> tossed out a particularly odious piece of Arizona<\/strong> legislation.\u00a0HB 2534<\/strong> would have empowered Glendale<\/strong> to annex the Tohono O’odham<\/strong>‘s adjoining land and confiscate the casino. It’s amazing how little the establishment’s mentality toward Native Americans has changed since the 19th century.<\/p>\n

Acting on permission from Congress under the 1986\u00a0Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Act<\/strong>, the tribe bought 135 acres of unincorporated Maricopa County<\/strong> land. HB 2534 would have allowed the state to claw back 54 acres, including — how conveniently! — the casino site, preventing it from being declared reservation land.\u00a0\u201cUnder the circumstances of this case, HB 2534 stands as a clear and manifest obstacle to the purpose of the act,\u201d wrote Judge Milan Smith<\/strong> for the court. Glendale has long since embraced the casino project but Arizona may attempt to keep litigating at the Supreme Court<\/strong> level. There’s also the insidious “Keep the Promise” Act, currently tied up in a U.S. Senate committee. Let’s hope it stays there.<\/p>\n

* Gaming & Leisure Properties<\/strong>‘ absorption of Pinnacle Entertainment<\/strong> into its REIT hit a snag in Indiana<\/strong> after clearing a similar hurdle in Mississippi<\/strong>. Union Unite-Here<\/strong> argues that the combination of Penn National Gaming<\/strong>‘s Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg<\/strong> (already GLPI’d) with Pinnacle’s Ameristar East Chicago<\/strong> and Belterra<\/strong> exceeds the state’s two-casinos-per-company limit<\/a>. To try and circumvent this, GLPI has obtained a “supplier’s licence,” even though it is a landlord, not a supplier.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnite Here is simply trying to manufacture obstacles with complete disregard for the facts or clear interpretation of applicable law,\u201d \"Bill<\/a>responded GLPI CFO William Clifford<\/strong>. And the union has an ongoing beef with Pinnacle at Ameristar East Chicago<\/strong>, where it is in a contract wrangle. However, as the Pinnacle-to-GLPI transfer process moves on to other states (Missouri<\/strong> in particular), the logic of Unite-Here’s anti-oligopoly position will become clear. As the union says,\u00a0\u201cGiven its level of control, licensing GLPI as a supplier is not just an absurdity.\u00a0It also sets a dangerous precedent just as other national gaming companies are considering creating their own REITs and leasing their properties to captive or third-party operators.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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