Mohegan Sun’s $139 million Earth Tower – the Uncasville’s casino’s second hotel – has opened.
Featuring 400 rooms and 242,000 square feet, the hotel had been put on hold in 2008 because of the recession, but on Friday General Manager Ray Pineault and Mohegan Tribal Chairman Kevin Brown “Red Eagle” celebrated its opening.
“For us,” said Brown, “this new hotel does represent the ability to have more room nights and stays, right here at the casino and that has already, just in these early days, proven itself out with the demand that has been placed on this new hotel.”
He also stressed the value to the state, since it represented 2,000 construction jobs and now 200 permanent jobs.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state leaders and lawmakers attended the opening ceremony Friday.
Modeled after the original Sky Tower, the Earth Tower was designed by architects Kohn Pederson Fox Associates.
