Sky River sits on a 36-acre site along Highway 99 near the city of Elk Grove. Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain is operated by Hard Rock Entertainment for the Estom Yumeka Maidu Indians of the Enterprise Rancheria. The Northern California casino is one of three that opened in the Sacramento area in the last three years and is viewed as direct competition to casinos in the Reno-Sparks area and South Lake Tahoe.Īnalysts said last month the new properties may have contributed to reduced earnings by the Atlantis in Reno.Ĭaesars Entertainment operates Harrah's Northern California in the town of Ione, which is owned by the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians. 30, more than 60 percent of the company’s overall management fees, which includes revenue from its ownership in an Illinois-based slot machine route business, managing the games at bars, taverns, restaurants and other locations around the state. “The tribe will be able to obtain a more normal way of financing the expansion,” Smith said.īoyd received $17 million in management fees from Sky River in the quarter that ended Sept.
