Gambling Regulators In N.Y., Mass., Review Mohegan Plans On Same Day
New York is racing against neighboring Massachusetts to add resort casinos, and nobody was more aware of that Tuesday than Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority CEO Mitchell Grossinger Etess.
Etess gave a sweeping presentation of his company's plan for a Catskills casino shortly after 8 a.m.
Tuesday in Albany, N.Y. As soon as he was finished, he jumped on a private jet to fly to Boston where the Massachusetts Gaming Commission is sizing up competing proposals for a Mohegan Sun or a Wynn resort in Greater Boston.
"It's been a busy morning," Etess said just before noon, having just arrived in Boston.
"It really involves expanding our brand throughout the Northeast," Etess said.
As a result, his company had to figure out how to be in two places Tuesday morning. As a result, Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority Chairman Kevin Brown was in Boston while Etess and more than a half-dozen others were in Albany at the New York Gaming Commission meeting.
The Bay State's legislature in 2011 passed legislation allowing three resort casinos in different regions of the state and one slots parlor. The process has culminated in a final review this week. Massachusetts regulators could pick either Wynn or Mohegan Sun by week's end.
New York is working through a much faster process. Applications for casinos were due in April, and gambling regulators in the Empire State are already hearing presentations with the hope of selecting winners in "early fall."
In New York State, gambling regulators will allow four casinos in three regions of Upstate New York, apart from areas where the state now has Indian casinos. Mohegan Sun at The Concord is one of nine plans vying for a license in the Catskills-Hudson Valley region.
Asked if September is the busiest period he can remember, Etess said, "It has been a pretty hectic time."
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-mohegan-sun-new-york-massachusetts-20140909,0,4885407.story
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