Mashantucket s Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan s Mohegan Sun are both located in the most eastern part of Connecticut.
MGM has led the fight to stop the East Windsor facility, suing the state on grounds that it didn t have a competitive bidding process for the state s third gaming location.
Connecticut officials argued they didn t have to, as the satellite is earmarked for tribes, not commercial operators. The US Bureau of Indian Affairs agreed, and the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed MGM s lawsuit in June.
The satellite casino is expected to cost $300 million. The tribes are aiming to open the venue sometime next year.
Tribal TribulationsMassachusetts Expanded Gaming Act authorized the construction of up to three resort casinos, plus an additional slots-only facility.
Plainridge Park Casino, the slot venue operated by Penn National Gaming, opened in 2015. The $2.4 billion Wynn Boston Harbor is scheduled to open sometime in 2019.
A third and final casino resort can only be approved in the southeastern part of the state. A decision on that license is being delayed by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on concerns that the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe will someday win its legal fight to build a Native American casino in Taunton.
