Ganim has said that the state can support four casinos, but that the East Windsor project doesn’t hold a candle to MGM Bridgeport. The tribes have been good partners to the state for hundreds of years, and Ned respects their friendship as well as the compact.” “Reopening the compact is an extremely complicated process. “Ned will not stand in the way of projects that have the financial backing and would not violate the compact with the tribal sovereign nations,” said Blanchard, Lamont’s spokesman.
The gaming giant said it would create at least 2,000 permanent jobs and an annual tax revenue stream of $316 million for the state upon completion of the hotel, casino, shopping center, boardwalk and marina.Īn economic impact study commissioned by MGM projected the creation of another 5,779 ancillary jobs in construction and local business.īut a push by Bridgeport leaders, including Ganim, stalled in the legislature, with the Mohegans and Mashantuckets saying that the MGM project would violate the terms of casino compact dating to the early 1990s. Last September, MGM Resorts International unveiled plans to build a $675 million privately financed waterfront resort casino on a former shipyard site in Bridgeport.
