Combined, Kings Mountain Land Development Partners LLC and Kings Mountain Land Development Partners II LLC, own nearly 135 acres near the casino, including the parcel adjacent to the casino site. Charlotte’s closest casino has been violating federal law with its development agreements.What’s happening: The Catawba Nation, which owns Two Kings Casino in Kings Mountain, allowed developer Sky Boat to manage, in ways, its facility expansion without a contract approved by the Nation Gaming Commission chair, according to a notice of violation. Also listed as a manager of E5 Holdings, in Nevada filings, is a company called CHT Enterprises LLC.Ĭorporate paperwork for CHT Enterprises, filed in Nevada, list that company’s managers as Blue Sky Companies, Wallace Cheves’ firm Jackpot Gaming LLC, a company with multiple links to Cheves and Darrell Hardin, a Gastonia man with numerous ties to the casino industry and Cheves.ĬHT Enterprises is also listed in corporate paperwork, filed in Florida, as managing two firms that are among the biggest landowners around the Two Kings casino site, according to Cleveland County property records. They are Cleveland County business owners who previously contributed thousands of dollars to Holbrook’s 2018 campaign for county commission. Listed as managers of E5 Holdings along with Holbrook are Douglas Brown and Stuart LeGrand.
