Since then the tribe has cleared up its problems. Because of the litigation, the Enterprise tribe said it couldn’t secure permanent financing for the project. Thunder Valley, Colusa Casino and anti-gambling groups were suing to block the project, saying Enterprise didn’t have the legal right to build a casino 35 miles from the tribe’s ancestral grounds near Oroville. But a few months later it was forced to halt construction because of legal and financial obstacles. Two years ago it finally broke ground on a smaller, $170 million casino known as Fire Mountain Resort.
