Casino Arizona, located at the northeast corner of McKellips Road and
Loop 101, opened in 1998 as a temporary structure. Originally, a
poker room, the property consisted of 47 poker
table games and had 240 employees. By March 1999, the property expanded to include 250 slot machines and 180 additional employees. That same year, Casino Arizona opened a second location, at
Loop 101 & Indian Bend Road. The new facility was a temporary,
sprung structure. With the additional space,
poker was moved to the building on 101 & Indian Bend in August 2003. In 2010, the sprung structure and its contents were auctioned to the public. The space would eventually become
Talking Stick Resort, which opened on April 15, 2010. In September 2000, Casino Arizona at Loop 101 and McKellips Road replaced its temporary structure with a permanent building. The property opened with a
Native American art exhibit, 500 slots, 50 table games,
Keno and bingo. It then had 1,200 employees.
Bingo was originally offered at Casino Arizona. It was later removed so that the space could be utilized for new games that were allotted through a 2002 gaming expansion
referendum. The facility reintroduced bingo in 2012. ==Gaming==