The two tribes plan to invest up to $400 million in the East Windsor project, which would be named the Tribal Winds Casino. It is slated to have up to 2,000 slot machines and 120 gaming tables. Construction has yet to start on the project, and officials estimate it would take about 18 to 24 months for work to be completed.<\/p>\n
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Connecticut officials have signed-off on the plan in an attempt to keep tax revenue from going to Massachusetts. It is estimated that Tribal Winds would generate about $70 million in annual revenue for the state. Additional revenue would be generated for Connecticut communities, including about $8.5 million for East Windsor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The competition for MGM could deal a serious blow to a Springfield casino, a nearly $1 billion project that has been struggling to meet financial projections. While it generated more than $21 million in revenue in October, its best performance in five months, MGM Springfield missed meeting its first year\u2019s revenue goals by nearly $145 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The state of Connecticut, along with the Mohegan Tribes and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, claim they have the right to intervene in a federal lawsuit filed by MGM Resorts International against the US Department of the Interior (DOI), with the intention of having the case dismissed. In its reply, filed Tuesday in the District of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":122147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Connecticut, Tribes Claim They Can Intervene to Dismiss MGM Lawsuit<\/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