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US – Kaw Nation to build Rock & Brews Casino with KISS band members

By - 9 January 2017

The Kaw Nation tribe in Oklahoma is teaming up with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the band KISS to build a casino on sovereign tribal land in the Sooner State near the Kansas state line in the town of Braman.

Work on the casino, which will be called the Rock & Brews Casino, is scheduled to begin on January 12.

Simmons and Stanley are co-founders and global ambassadors of the Rock & Brews restaurant chain, which recently opened a location at San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino in California, the first in Indian Country.

Rock & Brews already has more than a dozen restaurant locations throughout the United States and two in Mexico.

Kaw Nation Chairwoman Jacque Secondine Hensley said: “The Kaw Nation is announcing an unprecedented opportunity to partner with legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS, famed restaurateur/hotelier Michael Zislis, and concert industry veterans Dave and Dell Furano to develop a first-of-its-kind destination resort casino & hotel project with Rock & Brews, headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California. This partnership with Rock & Brews will provide the Kaw Nation with the opportunity to again be the prime gaming and entertainment destination in our market.

“This partnership with Rock & Brews will provide the Kaw Nation with the opportunity to again be the prime gaming and entertainment destination in our market,” she added. “We are on a very clear and quick path to the long-awaited, much-anticipated development of an opportunity to again become the industry leader in our market for gaming and entertainment. Our ultimate and ever-present goal is to provide more direct services for our Kaw Tribal Citizens and move forward to a self-sustaining future. Although we are proceeding quickly, we are proceeding with the utmost diligence ensuring the best interest of the Nation and each of its Citizens is the primary focus.”

As well as their involvement at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, KISS has enjoyed a healthy relationship with the casino industry having teamed up with WMS in 2013 to develop a KISS-themed slot machine.

The casino will be the second in the Kaw Nation portfolio with it already running the Southwind Casino in Newkirk.

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