SAN DIEGO-A national gaming concern has begun construction on a $360 million casino development 20 miles east of San Diego.
Penn National Gaming, Inc. worked with the Jamul Indian Village, which holds the state compact needed to enable tbe project. The casino company announced the groundbreaking this week for what will be called Hollywood Casino Jamul. The gaming company which owns M Resort.

While initial construction work is permissible, Penn National still needs to be approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission as the resort's manager.
The Jamul Indian Village has held a signed gaming compact with California for the casino since 1999.
The resulting casino, located off San Diego's state Route 94, is expected to be a three-story development totaling 200,000 square feet.
Penn National chief operating officer Jay Snowden told a gaming industry media outlet that the project, which is expected to open in late 2015, will let the Jamul tribe “bring to fruition their vision to revitalize their reservation and become self-sufficient, while simultaneously sharing gaming revenue with local governments and charities.”
Jamul Village tribal chairman Raymond Hunter said the tribe plans to divert construction traffic away from Jamul businesses and neighborhoods to minimize potential impact on the community. State Route 94 will also be redeveloped to accommodate increased traffic brought about by the casino.
According to Casino City Times' annual Indian Gaming Industry report, California's tribal casinos had $6.9 billion in gaming revenues in 2011. The figure was more than 25% of the $27.4 billion produced by the entire Indian gaming industry that year.

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