“MGM is ready, willing, and able to compete for the opportunity to develop a commercial casino gaming facility in Connecticut, but is excluded by the act from competing for this opportunity,” reads the company\u2019s filing against the state.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nConnecticut has countered that, ironically, MGM is barred from opening a casino within 50 miles of its Springfield project under the terms of its own Massachusetts gaming license. It has also stated that MGM is welcome to apply to build a casino in Connecticut, but there would have to be vote to amend the constitution again to authorize it.<\/p>\n
Last year, MGM even attempted to get an amendment added to a federal defense bill that would have prohibited Native American tribes from operating casinos in their home state outside their reservations.<\/p>\n
The amendment, proposed by two senators from Nevada, was ultimately scuttled in the US Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Connecticut casino to be built just across the state border from a $950 million MGM Resorts project in Massachusetts will likely be situated in East Windsor or the Windsor Locks areas, north of Hartford, MMCT has announced. MGM is not happy. MMCT is the name given to the joint venture between the Mashantucket Pequots […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":43644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
MGM Rattled as Connecticut Casino Destination Decided<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n