A view of the Whaling City Golf Course in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Image from Google Maps
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The Mashantucket Pequot
Tribal Nation of Connecticut is said to be interested in opening a commercial casino at a golf course in southeastern Massachusetts.
The tribe hasn't confirmed plans for a casino at the Whaling City Golf Course in New Bedford. But sources have told The New Bedford Standard-Times that negotiations are underway with the city.
The Aquinnah
Wampanoag Tribe, incidentally, proposed a casino at the site back in the 1990s.
"I thought when it fell through the last time it was over," a local business owner told the paper.
Get the Story:
Golfers cool to idea of developing casino at course
(The New Bedford Standard-Times 6/11)
Poll: More Mass. Voters Now Oppose Casinos Than Support It
(The Hartford Courant 6/11)
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