won over some state lawmakers<\/a> when it proposed a $675 million integrated resort in Bridgeport. The project promises an upfront $50 million licensing fee, creation of 2,000 permanent jobs, and tax revenue of $316 million a year.<\/p>\nThe tribes are collectively paying $2 million for the East Windsor gaming permit.<\/p>\n
DOI Remains Quiet<\/b><\/h2>\n
Brown and Mashantucket Chairman Rodney Butler say the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs are legally obligated to respond to the state’s request that the gaming compacts be reviewed. The tribal leaders said they expect to receive approval in late spring.<\/p>\n
Connecticut Post <\/i>Associate Editor Dan Haar believes the legal saga could drag on much longer than this spring.\u00a0Haar opined this week that “it could take eight years to slog through two federal lawsuits, financing, and actual construction.”<\/strong><\/p>\nMGM Resorts spent $3.8 million lobbying in Connecticut last year, and will presumably spend more to protect its nearly $1 billion Springfield investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Connecticut’s $300 million East Windsor satellite casino will not open until at least late 2019, and that’s wonderful news for MGM Resorts. On Monday, demolition began on a former movie theater that currently occupies part of a 26-acre site where the casino is to be built. Connecticut’s two Native American tribes, the Mashantucket Pequot and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":72142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18,61,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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