Flanagan Does It Again!

Mayor Flanagan genuflected before the Predatory Gambling Industry last time around and now can't wait to do the same with developers [the Foxwoods/Nunes Duo] that lied to Milford residents who had the sense to inform themselves and toss them out.

Once again, the LOW WAGE JOB projections are OVERSTATED, Foxwoods is laying off in Connecticut because of declining revenues and Gambling Market Saturation.

Predatory Gambling has NEVER been economic development - Atlantic City is the poster child for all that is wrong with Predatory Gambling!

How do you negotiate without a SITE?

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Casino Free Milford

Flanagan: Deal between Fall River, Foxwoods to be announced Tuesday

Mayor Will Flanagan said casino developer would invest $750 million in the project that would include a 140,000 square foot gaming floor and amenities


Herald News Staff Reporter
Posted Jan. 27, 2014 @ 2:03 pm
FALL RIVER — Foxwoods Casino and the investment group Crossroads Massachusetts LLC are looking to build a destination resort casino in the city after a failed attempt in Milford, Mayor Will Flanagan said today.

"We are ready to go," said Flanagan, "we just need a site."

Flanagan said the casino developers would invest $750 million in the project that would include a 140,000 square foot gaming floor, approximately 20 restaurants, a 350-room hotel, a "name brand" shopping mall, an entertainment arena, a convention center and spa.

In November, Milford voters soundly voted against plans to build a $1 billion resort casino. Flanagan said the day after the vote, he received a call from David Nunes, the chief operating officer of Foxwoods Massachusetts.

"He said I want to come to Fall River," Flanagan said, " I said okay, let's talk about the city."

Subsequent to that call, Flanagan and members of his administration met with Nunes and Foxwoods Casino CEO Scott Butera, he said. At the meeting they agreed to move forward with plans to locate a smaller scale casino and look at possible sites in the city.

Flanagan will officially announce Foxwoods interest in building in the city during a press conference with Butera and Nunes tomorrow. The casino developers have looked at several sites in the city already, Flanagan said, that could possibly sustain the development that requires 30 to 70 acres, although no location has been identified.

Flanagan and the Foxwoods officials will also announce the formation of a site selection committee with appointees being Robert Mellion, president of the Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Ken Fiola, vice president of the Fall River Office of Economic Development; John Sbrega, president of Bristol Community College; Joseph Camara, City Council president; Joseph Vienna, director of the Fall River Career Center; and Carl Garcia, chairman of the Workforce Investment Board and owner of Carl's Collision Center.

"Our goal is to have a site under agreement in the very near future," Flanagan said.

Flanagan said for him, bringing a casino to the city "is about LOW WAGE job creation," although he declined to immediately release the number of jobs that would be generated with the construction of the resort casino.

"My mission is that all jobs be Fall River preference and priority, so all city residents have first access at these jobs," Flanagan said.

Flanagan said he has two sites in mind at this time, one on the waterfront and one that is not, although no offers have been made on the properties.

Once Foxwoods secures a site for a casino, Flanagan said the issue will go to the voters as a ballot question, which he predicted will get overwhelming support. He wants it to go before the voters as soon as possible.






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