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Wampanoag Tribe Now Wants To Build Casino In Fall River Instead Of Middleboro

Posted on May 19th, 2010

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The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, known as People of the First Light has announced its proposal to purchase a 300-acre lot off Route 24 in Fall River on which to build its planned gaming complex. The tribe called off a deal it made with Middleboro and decided to build the casino instead in Fall River, on a lot that has been reserved for a biotechnology park for UMass Dartmouth which would set up a multimillion-dollar bio processing plant. The tribe’s official announcement was attended by Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan and Assistant Senate Majority Leader Joan Menard. The plan is for a massive $500 million integrated casino resort.

The first phase costing $140 million would be for a parking space and a casino/hotel with 2,500 slot machines, 150 table games and 24 poker tables. The rest of the complex would include two other hotels for conventions and a spa, retail outlets, dining places, a water park and others. Arkana Ltd., a subsidiary of the Malaysian casino operator Genting Group will provide the money needed to finance the tribe’s project. The Malaysian company was also the financial backer of Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut in 1992 and Seneca Niagara Casino in New York in 2002.

The tribe said it will start breaking ground when the expanded gambling bill which is now being considered by the Massachusetts Legislature will finally be approved. Being a native American tribe, the Wampanoags could build a gambling facility on their sovereign land as long as gambling has been legalized by the state. Cedric Cromwell. Tribal Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag said the establishment of a casino resort in Fall River offers an opportunity that is one of its kind for the Tribe and for the city of Fall River. He said the venture will bring economic development not only to the tribe, but also to the residents of the city who will be benefited in many ways by the creation of jobs, during and after construction.

City Mayor Flanagan, for his part, said, he is pleased to have reached an agreement with the Tribe, and said that besides the aspect of jobs creation, the casino will also bring in the revenue badly needed by the city to fund services like education, public safety and public works program. He said, in short, it is a great project for the Tribe, for Fall River and for the state of Massachusetts. Cromwell and Flanagan estimated around 1,000 to 1,200 construction jobs and 3,000 to 5,000 full-time jobs once the project is completed. Before closing the sale of the property, the Tribe would first have to sign a compact with the state effectively allowing it to operate a gambling facility.