Sure enough, any alteration to the tribes’ compacts, as this satellite casino would require, could also amend the payment revenue-sharing arrangement. But the tribes have assured the state this is not their intent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
There is still a question of whether a commercial casino operated by the tribes would be able to survive a legal and constitutional challenge by MGM, intent on protecting its nearby investment. \u00a0The casino giant has said it is prepared to argue that, because the process is not open to commercial bidders, it violates equal protection guarantees and the commerce clause, as enshrined by the US Constitution.<\/p>\n
“We respectfully disagree with the Governor’s assessment,” MGM Senior Vice President Uri Clinton said in a written statement. “The best deal for Connecticut, in terms of generating tax revenue and creating jobs, is to scrap the current process and put in place a new one that is fair, open, and competitive.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Issuing his first public comments about a controversial proposed casino site, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said he is prepared to support a plan that allows the state\u2019s two tribal casino operators to jointly run a third. In an interview with the Connecticut Mirror on Friday, Malloy said the only realistic route casino expansion could take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":50923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,60,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Connecticut Governor Sides with Tribes in Bid for Third Casino<\/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