“It’s probably five years or more” he said. He believes that MMCT still has to finance the project and that the lawsuit will end up dragging through court.
Uri Clinton, MGM’s spokesman, believes action in the state legislature could speed up any payback for the state. Simultaneously, state lawmakers from Bridgeport have floated that they will ask their colleagues during the upcoming session to revoke the license given to Mashantucket Mohegan Connecticut, or MMCT, for the rights to build the East Windsor casino.īoth these would be positive developments for MGM Resorts International, which is building a rival casino in Springfield, Massachusetts, and is hoping that the bid for Connecticut’s third casino could be back on the table. Department of the Interior is asking federal judges to throw out a lawsuit against them brought by the Mashantucket Pequots, the Mohegan Tribe, and the state of Connecticut.
