The city council in Muskegon, Michigan, voted 5-2 to approve an agreement with the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for an off-reservation casino.
The deal requires the tribe to pay $2 million a year for municipal services plus 4 percent of net gaming revenues and other service fees. The total annual payment is estimated at $4.5 million.
The agreement is non-binding and non-exclusionary. The Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians is also proposing an off-reservation casino in the city.
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Muskegon, tribe reach preliminary pact on casino
(The Muskegon Chronicle 2/13)
Tribe presents Muskegon casino plans (The Ludington Daily News 2/12)
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Lac Vieux Band reaches off-reservation casino deal
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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