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California Tribe, Hard Rock Scrap Casino Plans

PAUMA INDIAN RESERVATION, California –- As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune: "Gamblers who were looking forward to a Hard Rock Casino coming to San Diego County will have to settle for something else.

"Pauma's tribal chairman confirmed this week what other sources have been hinting for some time: The North County tribe and Hard Rock are scrapping the $250 million resort-casino development agreement they announced in February.

"…He said Pauma, which has 1,050 slots in a temporary casino opened in 2001, is negotiating with another potential partner he would not identify.

"…Whatever the reasons for the fallout with Hard Rock, this is Pauma's second high-profile divorce. A partnership with Caesars Palace, announced in 2003, crumbled last year when Caesars merged with Harrah's, operators of a resort-casino on the nearby Rincon reservation…"

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