Palmer residents participated in a Citizens Casino Study Committee that determined, conservatively, the cost to host a casino would be $18 MILLION to $39 MILLION annualy, not including the cost to bring water from the Quabbin Reservoir [esitmated to be $50 MILLION].
Ever notice no one asks about the costs? Instead, they continue to proclaim the overstated promises.
Check out the conduct of Mohegan Sun in Connecticut: recruiting low wage workers from overseas, burdening public schools with non-English speaking students, cannibalization, 'hut' housing, and introducing drunk drivers to the Connecticut roads.
Mohegan Sun officials to discuss casino plans with Palmer Town Council at upcoming public forum at Pathfinder High School
By on February 24, 2013
This is a rendering of Mohegan Sun's proposed resort casino, which would
rise on a 152-acre parcel bordering Route 32 in Palmer.
The public forum is expected to draw a crowd.
Local officials and area residents have been clamoring for more information about the $600 million proposal by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, among the earliest contenders for the state's lone casino gaming license for Western Massachusetts. But Mohegan officials have been short on specifics since gaining an early foothold in the region after opening a Palmer office in spring 2009.
The luxury resort would rise on 152 acres bordering Thorndike Street (Route 32) across from the Massachusetts Turnpike toll plaza. Casino officials have said the overall project would create 2,500 to 3,000 permanent jobs, 1,000 to 1,200 construction jobs, and more than 2,500 indirect jobs.
The JOB SCAM: Ask them to GUARANTEE those jobs. [Any claims of indirect jobs are specious, as often happens.]
However, they have yet to provide details about the size of the facility, traffic plans and other project components.
Town Manager Charles T. Blanchard said Mohegan officials are expected to reveal more about the scope of the project at the forum, which will be held in Pathfinder's cafetorium.
Town Councilor Donald Blais Jr. is among the officials seeking more information from Mohegan Sun. "I have lots of questions for them," he said at a council meeting earlier this month.
The 152.5-acre casino site – comprised of four undeveloped parcels worth $3.7 million that are owned by Northeast Realty Associates LLC – is bounded on the west and north by Thorndike Street, on the east by Breckenridge Street, and on the south by another large undeveloped parcel. Northeast Realty is leasing the land to the Tribal Gaming Authority, which is paying the property taxes.
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/mohegan_sun_officials_to_addre.html
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