Monday, December 24, 2007

Navajo Casino Near Sanders Arizona?

The #1 Newspaper in the White Mountains The Pioneer has a story titled "Navajo Nation Bringing Gambling to Sanders".

I have listened to all the talk of a possible Arizona casino in the Nahata Dzill, Chapter near Sanders, Arizona. It never happened. No new information was in The Pioneer news story.....

Now the first Navajo Nation casino is being built I think in Shiprock near the New Mexico and Arizona border.

It is interesting that no one is talking about the Zuni Tribe buying a large parcel of Arizona Land near Hunt, AZ. Hunt is located near Concho, Arizona and the Petrified National Forest. The location of the Zuni land is SEC 34, T14N, R26E. 660.47 acres were purchased by the Zuni Indians for $330,000.00 dollars. This is $500.00 dollars per acre of land. This land was purchased in a Arizona State Land Department Public Auctions on November 9, 2006. The land auction number was 53-110004.

The Arizona Department of Gaming lists the Zuni Tribe on its website.

Robert Worsley and his NZ Legacy own a large chuck of land near Hunt, AZ and he is planning a new city called Stone Axe, Arizona. Yes I did say large city. Looks like this is no Greer, Pinetop, Show Low, or Heber that he is planning.

List of cities in Arizona (by population) from Wikipedia
These are July 2005 Arizona population based on US Census Bureau estimates.

Phoenix - 1,512,986
Tucson - 518,956
Mesa - 447,541
Glendale - 246,531
Chandler - 240,595
Scottsdale - 231,127
Gilbert - 191,517
Tempe - 169,712
Peoria - 142,024
Show Low - 9,885
Pinetop-Lakeside - 4,165
Snowflake - 4,935
St. Johns - 3,865

Hey I wouldn't mind living in a nice well designed Northern Arizona city! The local newspapers are writing about future growth projections for the White Mountains. Wonder if all these new residents will be moving up to Stone Axe near Hunt, AZ.

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