[4] The Business Park contains the Tulalip Resort Casino, big box stores Walmart and The Home Depot, Seattle Premium Outlets (a 125-tenant open-air mall opened in 2005), Cabela's, and several restaurants.
[4] This was unprecedented for a Native American tribe in the U.S.; the state legislature had proposed incorporating the area as a municipality to instead collect sales taxes under normal procedures.
[14] The "tribe has spent millions of dollars to build and pay for Quil Ceda's infrastructure and to provide such government services as police and fire protection there.
"[4] According to a public policy think tank, in 2001 about $50 million in sales taxes was collected at the Quil Ceda stores; most of this money went to the state.
[22][23] A seasonal fireworks market, named Boom City, operates out of a lot behind the Tulalip Resort Casino before Independence Day.