{"id":257652,"date":"2023-02-03T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=257652"},"modified":"2023-02-03T15:16:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T21:16:35","slug":"foxwoods-casino-expands-family-focus-as-ground-is-broken-on-adjacent-great-wolf-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/foxwoods-casino-expands-family-focus-as-ground-is-broken-on-adjacent-great-wolf-lodge\/","title":{"rendered":"Foxwoods Casino Expands Family Focus, Breaks Ground on Great Wolf Lodge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/foxwoods-resort-casino-expansion-headlined-great-wolf-lodge\/\">Great Wolf Lodge<\/a> broke ground this week in Mashantucket, Conn. The family-focused resort and entertainment complex is on 13 acres next to the sprawling Foxwoods Resort Casino.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_257660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-257660\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-257660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/great-wolf-lodge-142x75.jpg\" alt=\"An architectural rendering of the future Great Wolf Lodge in Connecticut\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-257660\"class=\"text-description\">An architectural rendering of the future Great Wolf Lodge in Connecticut. The site is adjacent to Foxwoods Resort Casino. (Image: Great Wolf Lodge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The $300 million, 549-room Great Wolf property is scheduled to open in 2025. It will feature a 91,000-square-foot indoor water park that includes body slides, tube slides, raft rides, and activity pools. It will also have a 61,000-square-foot family entertainment center called Great Wolf Adventure Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When complete, the property will be the company\u2019s 23rd resort in North America and the third resort in the Northeast. Others are in Pennsylvania\u2019s Pocono Mountains and Fitchburg, Mass.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Current projections predict the new Great Wolf location will draw some half-million visitors a year.<\/p>\n<p>The resort is being constructed in partnership with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, which operates Foxwoods Resort Casino. Foxwoods, which celebrated its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/foxwoods-resort-casino-expansion-30-yr-anniversary\/\">30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary<\/a> last year, is believed to be the largest casino resort in North America.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to gambling and hotels, Foxwoods has entertainment spaces for concerts and comedy shows, many restaurants, go-karts, golf, and more than 80 retail stores.<\/p>\n<h2>Economic Boost<\/h2>\n<p>Connecticut and nearby Rhode Island will also get an economic boost from the development. Once open, it will lead to more than 500 new jobs. During construction, Turner Construction predicts it will hire close to 400 construction and trade workers.<\/p>\n<p>Foxwoods initially opened in 1986 as a Native American bingo hall after reaching a Class III gaming compact with Connecticut, traditional Las Vegas-style slot machines and table games launched at the casino in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Foxwoods opened a high-stakes bingo hall last year. It is about 30,000 square feet and holds more than 2,200 players.<\/p>\n<p>Foxwoods continues to evolve with the changing US gaming landscape by offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/connecticut-sports-betting-debuting-september-30\/\">sports betting<\/a> at its facility and iGaming online. A DraftKings-operated online gaming site and the brick-and-mortar DraftKings Sportsbook at Foxwoods are also in operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new\u00a0 Great Wolf Lodge broke ground this week in Mashantucket, Conn. The family-focused resort and entertainment complex is on 13 acres next to the sprawling Foxwoods Resort Casino. The $300 million, 549-room Great Wolf property is scheduled to open in 2025. It will feature a 91,000-square-foot indoor water park that includes body slides, tube [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":257660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3313,18456],"tags":[22,81990,83209,84881,81862],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Foxwoods Expands Family Focus as Ground Broken on Great Wolf Lodge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ground was broken this week for a Great Wolf Lodge in Mashantucket, Conn. 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