Artist's rendering of proposed First Light Resort and Casino. Image from Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is delaying the commercial casino process in the southeastern part of the state in order to wait for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. The commission has opened the region to non-Indian bidders because tribe's $500 million First Light Resort and Casino has yet to receive final approval from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. But the leader of the state panel said it might be wiser to wait for a decision. "Maybe what we ought to do is wait until that decision is made," Chairman Stephen Crosby said at a public meeting on Thursday, The Cape Cod Times reported. "Until that issue is resolved, I don't think anything's going to change. Time isn't going to help." KG Urban Enterprises, a non-Indian company, supports a delay in order to reach an agreement with the city of New Bedford. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut also supports the delay. The tribe wants to build a $750 million commercial casino in Fall River. Get the Story:
Gaming application deadline extended for Southeast (The Cape Cod Times 4/4)
Casino deadline for southeastern Mass. pushed back three months (The Taunton Daily Gazette 4/4)
State Gaming Commission decision fails to impress Taunton mayor (The Taunton Daily Gazette 4/4) An Opinion:
Our View: Gaming Commission must extend application deadline (The New Bedford Standard-Times 4/3)
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