Casinos
The Colorado River Indian Reservation currently owns and operates the BlueWater Resort and Casino east of Parker. The casino is in the size of 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) and has over 400 slot machines. It also features a 10,000 square feet (930 m2) bingo hall, an indoor water park, movie theater, arcade, marina, and concert facilities. The movie theater is the only local movie theater serving Parker, as well as the closest from Blythe, California since August 2010.
In 2005, the reservation began proposing a new hotel and casino near Blythe, and closer to Interstate 10, with the help of the governments of that city and the state of California. Progress was made within approvals of the faciity, as well as having opposition from residents of the Colorado River Communities and River Bend Lodge across the river from Parker Valley. In May 2011, the reservation evicted the Blythe Boat Club after an expired lease within years in order to continue efforts for the facility.
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