Tribe’s Push for Off-reservation Casino Lands on Whitmer’s Desk

The most anticipated Muskegon County casino of MUSKEGON, Michigan, the venture is experiencing a major setback due to the recently elected operatives in Greater Detroit. There was a joint upheaval conceded by the Wayne County Boards of Commissioners and Detroit city Council that counters “Any off- Reservation Gaming Effort” in the state of Michigan. It declares the Fruitport-Township-casino and projected casino by the Sault Tribe in Wayne County.

The 180 million dollar casino-centre required obligatory endorsement over which the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians was working on for a long time for its development which is at a distance of 90 miles from the Tribal-land of Manistee County, near The Lake Mall. The tribal people articulate that they are tracking the “Off-Reservation” casinos as most of their members reside in the Muskegon County expanse. The Little River Band’s ethnic group head, Larry Romanelli, says that they find it awkward to find the opposition party coming from other states. He further quotes that it feels like a big-time encumber in business growth, and he thinks not to visit Detroit to get authorization to do their business.

The City Council of Detroit whispered that the Off-Reservation resolution gaming could pretense a threat in terms of the revenue generated from three of its local Casinos, i.e., Greektown casino, Motorcity Casino Hotel, and MGM Grand Detroit. Alisha Bell, The Commissioner of Wayne County, speaks that the regulatory Board is quite worried about any possibilities in the ingress of casino Gaming Operations. All the three local tribes persuade the deportation from the officials of the Detroit region. To get hold of the land for off-reservation gaming, the “Little River Band” tracked a lengthy method that necessitates consensus from the Michigan Governor and the U.S. Department of Interior. The predicted Casino came out with great confidence when the tribes were granted endorsement to procure the Off-Reservation land. 

The proposed Casino has a casino-center69,000-square- foot area and a 220-room hotel, and a net worth of 15Million from tax revenue, and 3000 job openings are likely to be expected from the proposed casino as per Little River Band. Thus, the local tribe expects to modify the State gaming project via State elected representatives to give a “Big-Yes” so that they can look forward to the construction of a Class III casino that would be packed with 1700 slot machines and 35 gaming tables.