Seneca Niagara Falls Gaming Corporation was also chartered at this time, and Seneca Niagara Casino opened its doors on December 31, 2002. Seneca Gaming Corporation was chartered in August 2002 to manage the Nation’s gaming operations. In 2002, the Nation entered into the Nation-State Gaming Compact with New York State, which granted the Nation the exclusive right to build and operate three Class III gaming facilities in Western New York. After preserving two territories - or reservations - in Western New York, the Seneca people developed their own constitution and elective form of government, officially becoming the Seneca Nation of Indians in 1848.
The Seneca people have lived in the Western part of New York State since time immemorial and consider the area their aboriginal home. Seneca Gaming Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Seneca Niagara Falls Gaming Corporation (SNFGC), Seneca Territory Gaming Corporation (STGC), and Seneca Erie Gaming Corporation (SEGC), operates Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, New York, Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino in Salamanca, New York, and Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in Buffalo, New York. Seneca Gaming Corporation (SGC) is a wholly owned, tribally chartered corporation of the Seneca Nation of Indians (Nation) which operates all of the Nation’s Class III gaming operations in Western New York.
