![]() On Monday, the MGM dismissed the tribes’ demolition ceremony as offering false promises to a region that has learned “the hard way that demolition does not equal construction.” We know the state’s been with us and will continue to be with us despite all the airplay it’s getting right now,” he said. But he said most lawmakers still support the East Windsor casino concept. MGM has said it wants to build a casino and entertainment complex in Bridgeport.īrown called the push for new legislation “quite offensive,” considering the tribes have worked with lawmakers for three years. MGM, which has challenged the state’s decision to allow the tribes to build in East Windsor, has hired a fleet of lobbying firms this session to push legislation that would nix the General Assembly’s approval last year of the tribal casino and create the new, open process. The delay has given hope to lawmakers representing Bridgeport and other cities that prefer an open bidding process for the first casino on non-tribal land in Connecticut. ![]() “There’s been much more complicated situations that have gone through this and have been approved.” “The law is very, very clearly on our side,” Butler said.
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