We like so many others see the tremendous potential of Bridgeport and would love to be one of the catalysts that lead to a real revival.”
“Over the past 30 years, many promises have been made to residents of the Park City.
If circumstances have changed and there is now real interest in putting a casino in Bridgeport, we want to be a part of that discussion,” the tribal chairmen wrote Wednesday. “It was the Legislature’s decision to move forward with only one site in the north-central Hartford region. The tribes originally proposed that the state consider up to three gateway casinos to maintain or even grow its market share: one in the I-91 corridor of north-central Connecticut to compete with MGM Springfield, plus others off I-84 in the Danbury area and I-95 in Fairfield County. CONNECTICUT’S CONTENTIOUS CASINO CAMPAIGNĬonnecticut, tribes sue feds to break deadlock on third casino State, Foxwoods scuffle over tax status of new gaming machines Tribes’ lawyers tell Interior it must accept casino deal MGM pitches Bridgeport casino as feds delay tribes’ expansion
