The owners of Mohegan Sun resort in Uncasville have grown their proposal for a casino in Palmer, Mass. to $1 billion with a waterpark and a second hotel.
The additions give the Mohegan bid the largest and most expensive proposal of the three casinos vying for the sole casino gaming license in western Massachusetts. The other two are $800 million bids from MGM Grand in Springfield and Hard Rock in West Springfield.
The Mohegan’s 70,000-square-foot indoor-outdoor waterpark will be connected to a 250-room hotel separate from the property’s main hotel. The waterpark will be build by Boston-based Finard Properties, which also partnered with Mohegan to put a retail complex at the resort casino site.
Mohegan Sun Massachusetts proposal now includes 3,000 slot machines, 80 table games, two restaurants with 350 seats, a food court, a car and lounge with a entertainment stage, a 300-room hotel with a ballroom and meeting rooms, a 300,000-square-foot retail development, and structured and surface parking.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is expected to award the casino license to one of the three proposals in February.
