Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe announces details of $300M casino

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  

The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe plans to spend $300 million on a casino in southeastern Massachusetts.

The project includes a 145,000-square-foot casino, a 150,000-square-foot hotel with 150 rooms and retail and restaurant space. It would be built in three phases, with the first costing about $167 million.

“We believe this proposal, with a design and scope that fits the area, will be very attractive to residents of Freetown and Lakeville,” Chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais said in a press release.

The tribe has options on a 500-acre parcel in the town of Lakeville and Freetown. Residents of the communities will go to the polls to determine whether they want to host the project.

Get the Story:
Aquinnah tribe makes its pitch (The Cape Cod Times 5/23)
Freetown, Lakeville get peek at Aquinnah casino plan (The New Bedford Standard-Times 5/23)
Casino opponents dominate the floor at Freetown, Lakeville forum (The Fall River Herald News 5/23)
Freetown selectmen chairman holding off on casino comments (South Coast Today 5/23)
Aquinnah present casino plans before residents (The Boston Globe 5/23)
New casino plans unveiled for Southeastern Mass. (NECN 5/22)

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