Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun Expansions Underway
CONNECTICUT – As reported by the Connecticut Day: "Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino, already two of the biggest and busiest gaming venues in the world, are starting to get a lot bigger.
"The
Foxwoods Casino hotel project rendering. two tribal-owned resorts are spending upward of a combined $1.5 billion to add more hotel rooms, slot machines, poker tables and entertainment attractions to their current offerings. The projects will put scores of construction workers and engineers to work over the next few years and create about 3,800 permanent resort jobs.
"Analysts say the $4 billion-plus gaming market here can easily accommodate the growth. Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun bring in about $2.5 billion a year in revenues and are racing to capture an even bigger slice of Northeast gaming.
"On the Mashantucket Pequot reservation, the MGM Grand at Foxwoods is rising from the woods next to the tribe's Foxwoods Resort Casino. A new hotel tower, casino and performing arts theater will carry the well-known MGM brand under an alliance finalized in December.
"On the other side of the Thames River, the Mohegan Tribe plans to spend $740 million to erect a second glass-encased hotel tower and add more gaming space, restaurants, shops and a 1,500-seat House of Blues performance hall.
Route 2, PO Box 3777
Mashantucket, CT 06338
Website: www.foxwoods.com
| In 1986 the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation opened the original high-stakes bingo hall. Today Foxwoods comprises six casinos that collectively offer more than 7,000 slot machines and an incredible 400 tables for 17 different types of table games, including 100 for poker. There's a luxurious, high-tech Race Book, as well as the world's largest Bingo Hall. |
Uncasville, CT 06382
Website: www.mohegansun.com
| Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive entertainment, gaming, shopping and meeting destinations in the United States. What began with the Casino of the Earth in 1996 has evolved into a destination that now includes: the Casino of the Sky and over 300,000 square feet of total gaming space; The Shops at Mohegan Sun, featuring more than 60 retail shops and dining venues; the 10,000-seat Mohegan Sun Arena for world-class sporting events and concerts, an intimate Cabaret Theatre; and a 34-story luxury hotel, featuring 1,200 guestrooms and suites, premier meeting and convention space and a world-class spa. |