Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods may combine to built a new casino designed to help shield Connecticut revenue from the new casinos over the Massachusetts border, Mohegan Sun chief executive Mitchell Etess said.Įtess said the casino, which could go between Hartford and the Massachusetts state line, could be built before any Massachusetts casino. “This is something that is certainly in the best interests of Connecticut and the two tribes,” Etess said yesterday, adding that the idea of expanded gaming has been raised by a Connecticut lawmaker. Mohegan Sun chief executive Mitchell Etess suggested they could join forces with Foxwoods to build a new casino to stop Connecticut from losing revenue to the new casinos behindbehindbeing behind built in the Bay State.
Massachusetts’ fledging gambling industry is shrugging off a potential casino on the Connecticut border aimed at siphoning off gamblers heading to a new MGM Resorts gaming palace opening in Springfield.
