Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002 | 9:28 a.m.
AUBURN, N.Y. -- The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma plans to build a high-stakes bingo hall on land it recently bought in upstate New York.
The hall will be on 229 acres of land in Aurelius and Montezuma in Cayuga County, not far from Cayuga Lake.
"We plan to build and operate a Class II bingo hall on the property," said Jay White Crow, a member of the tribe who has moved into a house on the property.
Optimistically, officials said, the bingo hall will open in less than a year and employ at least 200 workers. They said the project does not need the approval of local governments.
Raymond E. Lockwood, chairman of the Cayuga County Legislature, said he has contacted lawyers about options for opposing the bingo hall proposal.
"I'm opposed to any form of gambling that does not pay its fair share of taxes," Lockwood said. "If there is a way to oppose it, I would hope we would."
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