Mashantucket Pequot Tribe to take part on Mississippi casino
The Mashantucket Pequot tribe announced it will partner to build a US$265 million casino on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
US.- The Mashantucket Pequot tribe announced it will partner to build a US$265 million casino on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and also will lend the name to Foxwoods Resort Casino at Biloxi Pointe.
The projected casino would be built on the site of a former Heinz pet food factory on Biloxi’s Back Bay. Louisiana businessman Chris Ferrara bought the site and won Mississippi Gaming Commission approval for a casino site in 2012.
Although the commission still has to approve the Foxwoods plan, which calls for a 500-room hotel and a casino with almost 1,400 slots and table games, the partners say they expect to open the casino by 2019. It would be the 13th casino on Mississippi’s coast.
