New Casino 

Michigan is excited about the new tribal casino that is coming in. The American Indian casino will break ground in two weeks, and when finished, will be in 83,000 ft.² casino. This is slightly smaller than what was originally planned, but that's because it will now have to be built in phases. 

The $157 million Gun Lake Casino will break ground on September 17. The casino will have 1,200 slot machines, 36 table games, a food court and a full restaurant. This is a change from the original $200 million casino that was going to be 192,000 ft.². Originally it was also supposed to host 2,500 slot machines and 75 table games, so this is a bit of a reduction. 

The tribe says that due to economic concerns and restrictions, they are going to have to build in two phases. They will start with the smaller phase and the reduced number of slot machines and table games, and then eventually add on to make it a bigger unit. According to the tribe, they said that it makes sense for them to start smaller because this way they can start bringing in jobs. They said that if they waited until they could complete the larger casino it would be time that locals would be without jobs. 

They say that as the economy gets better, they will be able to create the much larger casino as they had originally envisioned it with more slot machines and table games. The tribe has been fighting for more than 10 years to debut a slot machine casino in that location, and according to them on August 17 the Department of Indian Affairs had approved the land as a reservation.