The battle brewing is the same one that’s been waged for the past three years in the Connecticut General Assembly: between MGM and the entity MMCT, established by Connecticut’s two tribes with gaming operations. The state’s two tribes are entangled in a legal fight arguing that the project should have been given the green light by now, but the federal agency has moved to have the lawsuit dismissed.
The East Windsor project is currently on hold, pending clearance from the Department of the Interior in Washington D.C. 'As has happened in every other state that licenses commercial casinos, a competitive process will bring Connecticut the best deal, in terms of jobs, economic development, community benefits, and support for our local businesses,' Rep. The Bridgeport delegation is putting pressure on Democratic leadership, even though the governor signed into law last year the mechanism to allow for the Mashantucket and Mohegan tribes to operate a facility in East Windsor.
There is a new push in the Connecticut General Assembly to establish an open casino bidding process that could allow for Bridgeport to have a chance at a gaming facility.
