Greektown
Receives Final Approval
As
Reported by the Detroit News
DETROIT,
Michigan "Greektown
Casino received final approval Tuesday for its permanent
$200 million casino/hotel/entertainment complex.
"The
Michigan Gaming Control Board unanimously approved Greektown's
plans, and casino officials hope to have the complex open
by September 2008, about six months after the opening
of permanent facilities for MGM Grand Detroit Casino and
the MotorCity Casino.
"Each
casino will feature 400-room hotels, 100,000-square-feet
of gaming space, restaurants, entertainment facilities,
meeting rooms and parking decks.
"Greektown
originally planned to spend $450 million to build an all-new
facility. But casino officials changed their minds last
November and decided to expand the temporary casino in
the heart of the Greektown business district -- a move
that will save $250 million
"
Rhode
Island Casino Vote Approved
As
Reported by the Providence Business News
RHODE
ISLAND "A federal judge, citing the public
interest, Tuesday ruled that a statewide referendum on
the proposed Narragansett Indian Tribe casino in West
Warwick may go forward.
"The
Town of Johnston and its own prospective casino partner,
Ajax Gaming Ventures LLC, had filed a lawsuit July 21
in U.S. District Court, Providence, asking the court 'to
restrain the [R.I.] Secretary of State from placing on
the statewide ballot
the Resolution passed by the
R.I. General Assembly for a Casino in West Warwick to
be owned and operated by the Narragansett Indian Tribe
and its 'chosen partner.' '
"The
plaintiffs named that partner, Harrah's West Warwick Investment
Co. LLC,along with the Narragansetts and R.I. Secretary
of State Matthew Brown as defendants in the lawsuit.
"Yesterday,
U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith ruled that
the November vote can go forward. His ruling does not
end the legal battle, however, and hints that the Narragansetts
eventually might lose...