liquor license<\/a>. No such move was approved as of Saturday.<\/p>\nWhile the casinos did not extend their opening dates, they did implement other precautions. \u201cNeither property will open its concert venues, buffets, or poker rooms,\u201d the casinos said in a joint statement released earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Dining options also are limited. Onsite hotels will only allow Connecticut and Rhode Island residents to check-in to the limited number of available rooms, WVIT said.<\/p>\n
The Mohegan Sun is operated by the Mohegan Tribe. Foxwoods is operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.<\/p>\n
Connecticut Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, visited one of the tribal casinos earlier this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter seeing what the tribes are doing, Governor Lamont appears to have softened his stance on casinos reopening, now saluting the tribes for closing down early on and talking about their exchange of ideas on safety precautions,\u201d Fasano told The Day<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino will have an invite-only reopening this weekend. That’s before both Connecticut tribal gaming properties formally resume limited operations on Monday, according to a local TV station. Television station WVIT reported the two venues will be open Saturday, May 30, and Sunday before Monday\u2019s firm reopening. Pre-identified visitors will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":137258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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