Mashantucket Tribe presents Kansas casino bid

Thursday, May 7, 2009  

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation presented plans for a commercial casino in Kansas.

Foxwoods Development said it will spend $225 million on a casino in Sumner County. The project doesn't include a hotel but an executive said it could expand in future years.

"I don't see how you can see a 'destination casino' without a hotel," county commissioner Jim Newell told the executive, The Wichita Eagle reported.

None of the other two bidders plan to build a hotel either. Lakes Entertainment CEO Lyle Berman said he doesn't have the money for one.

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Sumner County wonders: Where are hotels in casino plans? (The Wichita Eagle 5/6)