MGM Resorts has advocated for the open process
Connecticut lawmakers to hold hearing on first casino on non-tribal land
Bridgeport and New Haven lawmakers are advocating for a competitive process, despite the legislature throwing its support last year behind a proposed tribal casino in East Windsor.
2018-02-23
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A public hearing will be held in the coming weeks on whether to allow a proposed competitive process for building Connecticut's first casino on the non-tribal land.
Although the proposal originally did not appear on the General Assembly's Public Safety Committee's agenda, Democratic Rep. Jeffrey Berger of Waterbury pushed for the hearing. Finally, the Committee voted 18-6 on Thursday in favor of holding the hearing in the coming weeks despite objections from the committee's Democratic and Republican Senate co-chairmen.
Bridgeport and New Haven lawmakers are advocating for a competitive process, despite the legislature throwing its support last year behind a proposed tribal casino in East Windsor. That project has since been delayed, pending federal approvals.
MGM Resorts has advocated for the open process, saying it wants to build a casino complex in Bridgeport.
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