Nottawaseppi Huron Band announces expansion plan for casino

The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians in Michigan announced an expansion of its casino.

The tribe will add a 242-room hotel with an indoor pool, exercise facility, restaurant, and business center to the FireKeepers Casino. There'll also be a 2,000-seat event center and more space for bingo ames.

“We are proud to see this business flourish and to have an opportunity to provide increased amenities to our guests," Chairman Homer A. Mandoka, Tribal Council Chairman said in a press release, The Kalamazoo Gazette reported.

Construction will begin this spring. The hotel is expected to open in summer 2012.

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