MGM has named a new executive to lead its Massachusetts casino. MGM Springfield has struggled to meet its lofty revenue expectations since becoming the state’s first large-scale resort casino.
Efforts to craft a compromise between Connecticut’s two Native American tribes, the state and Springfield, Massachusetts casino operator MGM Resorts on gambling expansion and sports betting have stalled.
Members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission have turned their attention to deciding whether Wynn Resorts remains suitable to hold the lone Boston-area resort casino license.
The leaders of Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes tried to assure state lawmakers Tuesday they remain committed to opening their Tribal Winds casino near the Massachusetts state line, despite lengthy delays in obtaining final federal approval for the project.
A struggling shopping mall that was touted as the site for a third Connecticut casino is set to hit the auction block next month.
MGM Springfield opened to the public Friday, adding another resort casino to the New England gaming landscape, and the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes that run Connecticut’s casinos are planning to move forward with their own casino about 15 miles away.
A proposed casino that would be run jointly by Connecticut’s federally recognized Native American tribes to compete with a nearby casino in Massachusetts has won a key local permit.
Plans by Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes to jointly build a casino in East Windsor have received a boost from federal regulators.
Leaders of Connecticut’s two federally recognized Indian tribes met privately with state lawmakers Wednesday, urging them to make a key change to last year’s legislation that gave them an initial go-head to build a satellite casino near the Massachusetts border.
Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes on Monday welcomed an investigation by the U.S. Department of Interior’s inspector general into the federal agency’s handling of their delayed satellite casino project.
Attorney General George Jepsen is warning Connecticut officials not to assume a planned tribal casino in East Windsor can open without formal federal approvals.
The chairmen of Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes are warning the casino revenue-sharing agreements they have with the state could be at risk if lawmakers push ahead with a modified bill that could lead to other entities opening casinos.
Politicians and tribal leaders swung mallets and took rhetorical shots at the $960 million MGM Springfield casino rising across the state border as Connecticut’s two existing casino operators began to demolish a defunct cinema complex in East Windsor this month.
Two Connecticut tribes that are proposing a jointly run casino in East Windsor are planning to participate in a demolition ceremony in the town.
Connecticut officials on Monday called for an investigation of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s failure to act on revenue sharing agreements between the state and two Native American tribes that are needed for the tribes to build and operate a new casino.
Bridgeport and New Haven lawmakers are advocating a new competitive process for Connecticut’s first casino on non-tribal land despite the General Assembly throwing its support last year behind a proposed tribal casino in East Windsor.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Wednesday the state and two federally recognized tribes are suing the federal government for failing to act on their revenue sharing agreement before a new casino can be built to compete with the MGM casino in Massachusetts.
The state Senate has approved amended agreements that could lead to Connecticut’s first casino on nontribal land. This follows last week’s approval by the House of Representatives.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed legislation yesterday afternoon that will authorize the operation of an entertainment and casino gaming facility in East Windsor.
MGM Resorts International lost another round Wednesday in a court fight aimed at giving it leverage against Native American tribes in Connecticut as they compete for casino customers.
