from the Akron Beacon Journal online -- 1/7/2007
Tribal casino announces $740 million expansion
Associated Press
"Mohegan Sun, already one of the world's largest casinos, has unveiled plans for an estimated $740 million expansion in Uncasville, Conn., that will include the return of poker and a new House of Blues music hall.
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Mohegan Sun, which has been celebrating its 10th anniversary, has about 10,000 employees and expects to add about another 2,000 in the next five years. The tribe's casino attracts 35,000 visitors daily and generates about $1.5 billion annually in revenue.
The expansion, known as ``Project Horizon,'' will include a 38-story, 1,000-room hotel slated to open in 2010. Inside will be a smaller, House of Blues-themed hotel. The House of Blues music hall, which will hold about 1,500 people, is scheduled to open in 2009. There will also be an adjoining restaurant and store.
The casino already has a 1,200-room hotel, but it is 93 percent full on an average night, meaning the casino has had trouble accommodating larger conventions because it can't guarantee hotel space.
The new hotel tower, which will also include a new spa, is set to open in 2010. Other elements of the project are expected to open sooner, spring of 2008, including more restaurants and shops, and a new Casino of the Wind, which will add 964 slot machines to the 6,000 the casino already has.
A new Casino of the Earth opening in the summer of 2007 will aim to draw Asian customers with table games and a Hong Kong street food outlet.
Casino officials are also hoping to bring in more young people by opening a 45-table poker room." .....
For the complete story see: http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/travel/16397533.htm
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