{"id":65049,"date":"2017-12-09T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T01:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=65049"},"modified":"2017-12-09T15:57:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T23:57:17","slug":"mgm-ct-tribes-open-competitive-bidding-bridgeport-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mgm-ct-tribes-open-competitive-bidding-bridgeport-casino\/","title":{"rendered":"MGM, CT Tribes Open to Competitive Bidding on Bridgeport Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two Native American tribes that operate casinos in Connecticut<\/a> now say that they want to be part of any process that results in a casino being built in the city of Bridgeport.<\/p>\n

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MGM CEO Jim Murren (left) and Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim (right) are hoping to bring a casino resort to Bridgeport, CT. (Image: Dan Haar\/The Hartford Courant)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The move comes in response to MGM\u2019s proposal to build a $675 million resort in the city, as well as a Tuesday appearance at a local meeting of business leaders by MGM CEO Jim Murren.<\/p>\n

The Mohegan and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribes, which operate Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino respectively, had previously responded to the MGM proposal with skepticism. Tribal leaders had questioned whether the firm could ever gain state approval for such a project, and also pointed to comments by Murren, in which he said the company\u2019s upcoming casino in Springfield, Massachusetts would be its \u201clast major development project here in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tribes Begin to Take Bridgeport Threat Seriously<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But in a letter sent to legislative leaders this week, the chairmen of both tribes seemed to take the thread of a Bridgeport resort more seriously. They reminded state officials of the $7 billion that has been given to the state through the compact between Connecticut and the tribes, as well as the shared history between the state and tribal leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor more than two decades, our two tribes and the state of Connecticut have forged a mutually beneficial partnership,\u201d the letter read.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A casino in Bridgeport would be the fourth such venue in the state. The tribes, working together as a company known as MMCT, are building a smaller facility in East Windsor. That mid-sized casino would be designed to keep Connecticut gamblers from traveling north to MGM Springfield once it opens.<\/p>\n

The East Windsor facility will be the first gambling expansion in the state since the Mohegan Sun casino opened in 1996. However, the tribes had once asked for approval to build three commercial casinos in various areas of the state, a request that was denied at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf circumstances have changed and there is now real interest in putting a casino in Bridgeport, we want to be a part of that discussion,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n

MGM is Up for Competition<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For their part, MGM<\/a> welcomed the idea of the state holding an open competition for a casino in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome the tribes\u2019 interest in such a process,\u201d MGM wrote in its own letter to state officials. \u201cMGM has participated in competitive processes in other states, as have the tribes, and we are prepared to do so in Connecticut.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uri Clinton, senior vice president of MGM, expressed confidence that they would win out in any bidding war in Bridgeport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got the best site,\u201d Clinton said. \u201cIf someone else wanted to\u2026make a proposal they\u2019d have to have some deal with someone else who has land.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the partnership between the tribes and the state has been a lucrative one, its value has been falling in recent years in the face of increased regional competition. While the state received as much as $430 million from its share of slot revenues in 2007, that number fell to $265 million in 2016, and could continue to decline as Massachusetts casinos open in the next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The two Native American tribes that operate casinos in Connecticut now say that they want to be part of any process that results in a casino being built in the city of Bridgeport. 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