Tribal casino could still open in Connecticut
According to the chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe, the MMCT project in East Windsor isn’t dead yet despite legal hurdles.
US.- The Mohegan Sun and Mashantucket Pequot tribes joint venture, the MMCT, is developing a casino in East Windsor but the venue was delayed after a federal judge ruled against the tribes in a legal dispute against the US Department of Interior and blocked the final approval of the project. However, according to the chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe and interim CEO of Foxwoods Rodney Butler, the development isn’t dead just yet.
According to Mr Butler, the upcoming election is set to play a big role in the project as the venture expects the new governor, legislature and attorney general to take quick action on the tribal casino and allow them to advance with it. Furthermore, as quoted by hartfordbusiness.com, he asserted that sports betting is set to be included in the potential changes in order to make Connecticut competitive against Massachusetts’ MGM Springfield.
The MGM venue opened in August and triggered the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes’ comments on when their own project will open. Their East Windsor casino, according to spokesman Andrew Doha, was expected to be ready to operate by spring 2020, but the recent ruling has delayed its plans.
