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Third Connecticut Casino Announcement Has All Ears Piqued in Northeast

Third Connecticut Casino Announcement Has All Ears Piqued in Northeast

Third Connecticut Casino Announcement Has All Ears Piqued in Northeast

A planned Connecticut casino will reveal its targeted location for construction in the coming days, and the impending announcement has the ears of all vested gaming interests operating in the northeast.

MGM Springfield in Massachusetts is causing quite a stir, as another Connecticut casino is in the works to offset the impact of the megaresort.

The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Native American tribes are working together to bring the Constitution State a third casino venue. The joint venture is in response to MGM Springfield, the $950 million resort currently under construction in southern Massachusetts.

State lawmakers permitted the two tribal groups to build a third casino off their sovereign lands in order to keep gambling revenue in the state and protect jobs.

The Mashantucket and Mohegan people are considering building in the northern part of the state in the towns of Windsor Locks or East Windsor. That would place the Connecticut casino just 15 miles from MGM Springfield.

With MGM, state lawmakers, and residents anxiously waiting, the tribes say the official announcement of the casino will be revealed in the coming days. ‘We’re days, not weeks or months . . . from announcing a decision,’ Mohegan Chairman Kevin Brown said this week.

MGM States the Obvious

Once the Native American coalition pinpoints its gaming location, the state legislature will need to sign off on the construction. The facility is expe Přečtěte si více o oThird Connecticut Casino Announcement Has All Ears Piqued in Northeast