The East Hartford Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously approved its proposed casino site, in the hopes that the Connecticut’s two Native American tribes select the city as their third location.
Silver Lane Partners has proposed turning the vacant Showcase Cinemas on Silver Lane into the third Connecticut casino and sought the planning and zoning approval to make it more attractive for the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes to put a casino there.
As a way to mitigate the losses to their Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino properties in southeastern Connecticut after Massachusetts builds out hour gaming locations in the coming years – including an MGM Grand off I-91 in Springfield – the two tribes sought and obtained approval from the Connecticut General Assembly to put a jointly-operated casino in a strategic location in the northern part of the state.
Enfield officials also have discussed enticing the tribes to build the casino in their town.
The Silver Lane proposal would cost anywhere between $140-$300 million and seek to prevent gamers from the Hartford market from driving to Massachusetts, as the MGM location would be closer than the two in southeastern Connecticut. If the tribes pick the East Hartford proposal, the developers still would need to have the build-out plan approved by the city’s planning and zoning commission.
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