How will the Casino Resort affect the Discovery Corridor envisioned by the Port of Ridgefield and others?
The Casino Resort will help jump-start the Discovery Corridor by bringing in infrastructure for the first time, which will make the area more appealing and economically viable to other businesses. Right now, the area doesn’t have the sewers and other expensive infrastructure that is needed to attract businesses that would prefer to avoid such costs. Furthermore, Washington’s tribal casinos are magnets for other businesses because they themselves require goods and services. For instance, the corridor north of Marysville, home to the Tulalip Casino, is one of the state’s most vibrant economic corridors.
