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More on Mashpee Wampanoag in Massachusetts

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Jul 27 2010
Today's student guest blog post is by Andrew Weiss, a second-year law student in Kathryn's Indian Gaming Law course.  Andrew's post discusses another twist in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's pursuit of a casino.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Indians plan to build a casino in Fall River, MA, which is about an hour away from Boston and 20 minutes away from Providence, RI (a highly lucrative location).  This new project was announced around May of this year after negotiations with the city of Middleborough fell through.  The new casino in Fall River will include three hotels, a gambling area, shopping mall, and indoor waterpark.

Update From Massachusetts: Mashpee Wampanoag's Casino Efforts

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Jul 14 2010
Today's featured student guest post is by Joshua Haugen, a second-year law student at UND:

Massachusetts is deciding whether or not to allow a casino to be opened.  A recent article mentions some really interesting points like:

"The Mashpee Wampanoag Indian tribe started the whole Massachusetts competition when it announced plans in 2007 to build a $1-billion casino-hotel complex in Middleboro. Since then, the tribe has changed leaders, financiers and its proposed casino location.

"The competitors now include three other racetracks, a second Indian tribe and other commercial groups, who’ve announced plans of varying scope for New Bedford, Fall River, Raynham, Plainville, Milford and Palmer.

Kathryn Quoted on Compact Politics in Cape Cod Times

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Feb 2 2010
Kathryn's quoted in this Cape Cod Times article on the politics of compact negotiations and tribal-state relations.  In Massachusetts, as the Mashpee Wampanoag continue to pursue Class III gaming, the tribe and the governor are on different sides of another issue -- a wind farm in Nantucket Sound.

A wind farm, of course, is not related to gaming, and under IGRA should not be an issue that enters into compact negotiations.  But politics, unlike law, is not easily compartmentalized into relevant and irrelevant considerations.  Here's what Kathryn said about the possible impact of the tribe's and governor's difference of opinion:

More from Massachusetts

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Jan 29 2010
The Cape Cod Times reports that the Mashpee Wampanoag may be looking at a new community partner for an off-reservation casino: Fall River, a community hard hit by unemployment.

Finance & Intrigue in Massachusetts, Continued . . .

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Dec 2 2009
So, back to the recent announcement that the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has ditched investors Kerzner and Wolman, and has partnered with Arkana Limited of the Genting Group.

And In More Casino Financing News . . .

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Nov 30 2009
. . . the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in Massachusetts is switching its financial backers.  The Tribe had partnered with Sol Kerzner and Len Wolman back in 2007, but now have reached a tentative deal with Arkana Limited, a company affiliated with the Genting Group.