Foxwoods Wants Philly Slot Machines

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, the owners of Foxwoods Resort Casino, are waiting to see who will be chosen for the two slot machine licenses that are coming to Philadelphia. They have applied for one of the slot machine licenses, and are now waiting to see if they have been chosen. If so, they would spend more than $800 million to build a riverfront slot machine casino in south Philly.

This would be the first slot machine casino for the tribe that is not on the reservation. They are up against some big names for the slot machine license; names like Donald Trump and Planet Hollywood are also vying for licenses.

 “We're optimistic that we'll be one of the ones selected [for the slot machine license],” said Foxwoods President John O'Brien. “We have a good [slot machine] proposal. We have a good team, and we think we have a lot to contribute to the community and the state. We're sort of keeping our fingers crossed and see what occurs.”

The slot machine casino they have proposed would be near I-95 on a parcel of vacant land. It would have 3,000 slot machines, as well as restaurants and retail shops in the first phase. The second phase would add 2,000 more slot machines as well as a hotel and spa. The total for both phases of the slot machine casino and resort would be $823 million.

The Mashantucket Pequots would have a 30% share in the slot machine casino and would run it if they win the license.

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