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Caesars Windsor
Location	377 Riverside Drive East Windsor, Ontario N9A 7H7
Opening date	July 29, 1998
Theme	Roman Empire Greece
No. of rooms	389 room Forum Tower & 369 room Augustus Tower
Total gaming space	9,290 m2 (100,000 sq ft)
Permanent shows	5,000 seat Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
Notable restaurants	Neros Steakhouse
Casino type	Land-Based
Owner	Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
Operating license holder	Caesars Entertainment Corporation
Previous names	Casino Windsor (1998-2008)
Renovated in	2007–2008
Website	Caesars Windsor

Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada is one of four casinos in the Detroit–Windsor area. Owned by the government of the province of Ontario (through the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation), it is operated by Caesars Entertainment. Both the original Casino Windsor and the new expansion were designed by WZMH Architects.^[1] The casino is located on Windsor's riverfront overlooking the Detroit skyline near the Canadian end of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. The creation of this casino was a leading factor in the legalization of casino gambling in Detroit.

The 'Forum' hotel tower stands at 23 stories tall and opened in 1998. The 'Augustus' tower stands at 27 stories and opened in 2008. Caesars Windsor attracts about six million visitors annually.^[2] Its main competitors are MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, and Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit. Caesars Windsor attracts people from Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and other states in the Midwestern United States.

Management[edit]

The Casino is publicly owned by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation; a large portion of the profits are returned to the provincial government.

In December 2006, Harrah's announced that it would change the name of the casino to Caesars Windsor. The name switch coincided with a number of other significant changes, including a new 27-story hotel (the 'Augustus Tower'^[3]), a 5,000 seat entertainment centre, and 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²) of convention space.

The changes were necessary to make the casino more desirable to U.S. gamblers. For a variety of reasons: 9/11 border security, closing of the exchange rate gap, a labour strike that closed the casino for a month in 2004, the popularity of the three Detroit properties, and provincial smoking ban, Caesars Windsor has failed to maintain its customer base from its peak years in the late 1990s. Before September 11, 2001, it was the most popular casino in the Detroit market. Efforts were made to make it a destination resort for tourists, and to reward clients of the Caesars brand, a high-end name in gaming. Caesars Windsor reopened on June 19, 2008, and featured pianistBilly Joel, who performed at the relaunch ceremonies to an invitation-only crowd.^[4]

The hotel effectively closed on April 6, 2018 due to ongoing worker's strikes which led to reservation and concert cancellations.^[5] The strike concluded with a ratification vote on June 4, 2018 with Caesars Windsor re-opening on June 7, 2018.^[6]

History[edit]

In 1993, the Ontario government selected a joint venture of Caesars World, Circus Circus Enterprises, and Hilton Hotels to build and operate a province-owned casino.^[7]

Casino Windsor opened in a temporary location in May 1994 as Ontario's first casino. The former Art Gallery of Windsor located on Riverside Drive was refitted to house the interim casino. The casino saw record numbers, attracting millions of customers from the U.S. and Canada. Line-ups wrapped around the building. In response, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation announced it would bring a riverboat casino to the riverfront. The Northern Belle was located at the foot of Ouellette Ave. on the Detroit River. It was open from December 1995 to July 1998.

During this time, the permanent casino was under construction on the former Windsor Market site, a few blocks east of the temporary casino. It opened on July 29, 1998,^[8] with a grand opening celebration with a James Bond 007 theme. Daisy Fuentes and Regis Philbin were among the stars that attended. The new site included a waterfall and tropical entrance, hotel, five restaurants, gift shops and an entertainment lounge.

In February 2005, representatives from the Ontario Government, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, and the executive team announced a $400 million expansion project which was completed in June 2008. It added a convention centre, a 5,000-seat entertainment centre, and another hotel tower. Renovations also began at the current facility, adding bars, a large buffet, and repositioning many of the slots and table games. The official relaunch happened on June 19, 2008.^[9]

In 2006, the first licensed sports book in Canada was opened in the casino at Legends Sports Bar. Players can bet on select professional and college sports through Game Picks sports wagering. The venue is designed with booths and large high-definition televisions above the gaming boards as well as in a theatre style seating section. Unlike in Las Vegas, players are not allowed wager on single sporting events at the sports book - the reason for this is that single-sports wagering remains explicitly prohibited in the Criminal Code).

Effective May 31, 2006, Casino Windsor became one of the first smoke-free commercial casinos in North America. This was to comply with the Smoke Free Ontario Act, which bans smoking in all enclosed workplaces and public places.

Business climate[edit]

Initially, the US-Canadian currencyexchange rate had given people from the United States an economic incentive to gamble at Caesars Windsor. The exchange rate was a major contributor to U.S. gamblers crossing the border in Casino Windsor's boom years of the late 1990s. The Canadian dollar was trading below the sixty-five-cent mark^[10] compared to the U.S. dollar in the late 1990s, giving U.S. visitors a price incentive to gamble in Windsor as well as spend in the city's hotels and hospitality establishments. The rebounding of the Canadian dollar, in 2006 breaking the ninety-cent mark, which is often linked to the higher price of oil, since Canada is an oil exporting nation, has negatively impacted the casino and the Windsor tourist trade, especially when the added sales taxes are factored into decisions. Nevertheless, because the Canadian government does not tax gambling winnings, the casino often promotes this in order to draw clientele from the United States who are left to themselves to declare taxes on their winnings.

In 2007, the Canadian dollar eclipsed and even exceeded the U.S. dollar by several cents, which has added to the decline of the Windsor, Ontario hospitality sector. The casino must compete with three Detroit casino resorts which opened expanded resort-style properties in 2008. The positive exchange rate for Canadians has drawn them across the border to shop and gamble.

Photo gallery[edit]

• Windsor's second casino hotel tower is called Augustus.

• Theatre is just west of the new hotel.

• New hotel front lobby, July 2008

• View of Detroit from new theatre lobby

• Front desk adorned with Caesars theme

• Civic space in front of the Casino hosts fairs and festivals.

• Entering from parking structure

• View from second floor

• Legends sports book

• View from VU Bar on casino's second floor

• Turning the interior towards Caesars Windsor

• Sports bar and book

• The old waterfall is replaced with a bar.

• Cosmos bar stage

• View of new hotel tower from Marriott Hotel in the Detroit Ren Cen in April 2008

• The new hotel addition as the Caesars branding is evident from Detroit

• New hotel tower begins to take its place alongside the first.

See also[edit]

• Greektown Casino Hotel - One of the three casinos across the river in Detroit, MI
• MotorCity Casino Hotel - One of the three casinos across the river in Detroit, MI
• MGM Grand Detroit - One of the three casinos across the river in Detroit, MI
• Hollywood Casino Toledo - A competitor that opened in Toledo, Ohio

Notes[edit]

1. ^'Caesars Windsor'. WZMH Architects. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
2. ^Cordiano, Joseph (February 15, 2005). Government of Ontario invests in a competitive Casino WindsorArchived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine.Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. Retrieved on October 28, 2007.'Caesars Windsor attracts around six million visitors each year and is a key driver of the local economy.'
3. ^Friday, June 13th, 2008 edition of the Windsor Star
4. ^The Windsor Star
5. ^'Strike at Caesars Windsor postpones Blink-182, Russell Peters shows'. CTVNews. 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
6. ^'Caesars Windsor strike over after workers accept deal'. CBC News. June 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
7. ^'Company news: Caesars, Circus Circus, and Hilton in casino deal'. New York Times. 4 December 1993. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
8. ^Casino Windsor's Company History
9. ^Vander, Chris. 'Caesars Windsor 'breathtaking''. The Windsor Star. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
10. ^Bank of Canada rates lookup

External links[edit]

Canada Casino Gambling Age Caesars Windsor

Media related to Caesars Windsor Hotel & Casino at Wikimedia Commons

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Tribal Organization: MMCT Venture (Partnership of Mohegan Tribe and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation)

171 Bridge Street
East Windsor, CT 06088

The Tribal Winds Casino in East Windsor is a $300M casino plan from a joint venture between the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut.

The casino received federal approval in March 2019 after a long delay at the U.S. Department of Interior. A ground breaking is now pending and construction will take 18-24 months to complete.

Location

The Tribal Winds Casino will be located 13 miles south of the new MGM Springfield in Massachusetts.

The casino location is 171 Bridge Street, East Windsor, CT where the former Showcase Cinema theater once stood. The theater was demolished in 2018 in preparing the construction site for the casino.

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The Tribal Winds Casino Project is an effort by Connecticut to offset the economic losses from the $960M MGM Springfield Casino which opened in 2018.

The authorization to build Connecticut's third casino is Public Act 17-89 - An Act Concerning the Regulation of Gaming and the Authorization of a Casino Gaming Facility in the State.

The act was passed by both houses of the legislature and signed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on June 27, 2017.

In June 2018 the federal govenment gave its approval to the tribes to begin the project.

The start date was delayed by changes to the tribe-state gaming compacts which required approval of the U.S. Interior Department. The Department finally granted its approval in March 2019.

Construction will take 18-24 months to complete.

However, before construction begins it is stopped again by a lawsuit filed last summer by the property owner across the street from the casino site. Sofia's Plazas LLC claims the East Windsor Planning and Zoning Commission improperly granted approval for the project. The lawsuit must be cleared before construction can start. The case is scheduled to begin June 5, 2019 at the Superior Court in Hartford.

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Tribal Winds Casino gets Federal Approval to Start ConstructionMarch 21, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Interior has approved the revised gaming compacts of the two tribes with the state after a long and delayed review. Fed approval gives a green light to construction.... Read moreEast Windsor casino named Tribal Winds CasinoJanuary 29. 2019 - A new name for the East Windsor casino project was announced today by the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Tribes. It is the 'Tribal Winds Casino'.... Read moreFederal Judge stops East Windsor casinoOctober 1, 2018 - Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia ruled there is no legal standing for the East Winsor casino project.... Read moreMore East Windsor casino renderings released by tribesJune 14, 2016 - New illustrations for the design of the East Windsor casino have been released by the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes.

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Tribal Winds Casino Project gets Federal Approval to Start Construction

March 21, 2019

The federal government has finally announced approval of the Tribal Winds Casino allowing construction to begin. The approval will be official March 25th when it becomes published in the Federal Registry.

A long delay preceeded the approval due to investigations of the the Interior Department's previous secretary and acceptance by the Burea of Indian Affairs of the amended gaming compacts between the tribes and the state.

In a written statement from the Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Rodney Butler, his tribe is ready to proceed with construction.

'Now that the approval of our amendment is secured and our exclusivity agreement with the state of Connecticut is reaffirmed, we will move forward with construction on Tribal Winds Casino in East Windsor and preserve much needed jobs and revenue,' Butler said.

The East Windsor casino is a joint venture of the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes. Both tribes have said they are ready to start coonstruction, which is estimated to take 18-24 months.

East Windsor casino named Tribal Winds Casino

January 29, 2019

The Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Tribes today announced the new name of the casino they plan to build in East Windsor will be 'Tribal Winds Casino'.

Tribal Winds Casino project is aimed at countering the loss of gaming revenues from the opening of the $960 million MGM Springfield in August 2018.

The new casino is expected to create 2,000 construction jobs and 2,000 permanent staff jobs. It will also support another 1,000 indirect jobs in the local economy.

Mohegan Tribal Council Chairman, Kevin Brown, says the project is ready to start pending final approval. 'We are ready to roll, to start construction and begin creating jobs and revenue. It's taken a lot of time, effort and resources to get this this point. We're excited to work with our partners in state government on the next phase of this exciting development.'

The project has been delayed by changes to the state-tribe gaming compacts related to the East Windsor casino. Former Secretary or the U.S. Interior Department did not sign off on them before leaving office last December.

In a renewed effort to restart the process, the tribes are looking to the state legislature to drop its requirement for federal approval on that compact change.

At the same time they fiiled a new lawsuit in federal court claiming there was 'improper political influence' on Sec. Zinke, and his decision was a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Federal Judge stops East Windsor casino

September 30, 2018

On Saturday a decision was filed by a federal judge that prevents plans for the East Windsor casino from moving forward. The proposed casino project is a joint venture between the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribal nations. The casino project would be created to be direct competition for the nearby MGM Resort Springfield. This would have been the first casino in Connecticut to not be built on tribal land.

The decision was submitted by Judge Rudolph Contreras. A judge in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia. The judge ruled that there is no legal standing for the requested revisions to the current gaming agreement between the tribes and state to be made by the Department of the Interior Secretary.

In 2017 approval for the casino project was given with a contingency from the Department of the Interior based on the revisions being approved. This would have guaranteed that the current revenue sharing with the state would not suffer from the two tribal owned casinos. Those casinos are the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods.

If the approval could not be given, then the proposed casino would be denied from being built.

The federal government filed for a motion to dismiss the lawsuit from the tribes and Connecticut. That was approved by the judge. If there was an appeal made by the tribes or Connecticut, the judge also gave the right to intervene by MGM.

There is still intent from the tribes to find a way to progress forward with the casino plan.

More East Windsor casino renderings released by tribes

June 14, 2018

On Wednesday new details for the East Windsor casino were released. They were illustrations for the design of the casino that is a joint venture between the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall.

Before construction on the new project can start, plans for the site have to be given approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission. If approved a permit for special-use will be issued allowing for the construction. Building permits also need to be approved for the developers.

A joint partnership was formed between the two tribes named MMCT Venture to develop the casino project. The group released the $300 million project's artist renderings.

The group is also confident that the approval will be given for the project to move forward.

An amended gaming compact has previously been approved and is in effect with the Mohegan Tribe. However, the amended compact has not been approved yet for the Mashantucket by the Department of the Interior.

The project has a delay due to not being able to receive the project's approval from the federal government. The MGM Springfield is scheduled to open within a few months. The tribes are hoping to that teir East Windsor casino will provide enough competition that the MGM Springfield will not detract from the tribe's casinos. They are the owners of the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods.

If construction is started in the fall, it is estimated that the casino could be finished by 2020.

The casino will be a single story at 200,000 square feet. A parking garage will be attached offering five levels of parking. Over 300 vehicles will be able to park in the garage. There will be 60 game tables and nearly 2,000 slot machines in operation. In addition there will be dining and a food court. As well as a lounge for VIPs.

650 jobs will be created by the new casino project.

East Windsor casino gets federal approval

UPDATE: U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke unexpectedly did not sign off on his department's recommendation before resigning from office.

June 01, 2018

Regulators for the federal government are allowing plans for a East Windsor casino to move forward. The project is a joint venture of two Native American tribes that are federally recognized.

On Friday it is expected that an approval notice will be written by the U.S. Department of Interior. The notice will make an amendment to the gaming compact between the Mohegan Tribe and the state of Connecticut. The amendment will change the terms of the agreement for the revenue sharing.

It is also expected that soon the Mashantucket Pequots will also be having amendments made to their gaming compact agreement with the state as well.

Before a new casino can be built that is not on tribal owned land, it is required under state law that special legislation must be made. This will be the first casino in the state not built on a reservation.

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The new MGM Resorts casino is scheduled to open in Springfield, Massachusetts this summer. The two tribes are hopeful that their joint venture casino will provide strong competition against the new MGM.

As early as this fall construction on the East Windsor casino project could begin. Both tribes are hopeful to have the casino completed by spring 2020.

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The casino is expected to cost $300 million to build. There will be a single level casino building and a parking structure attached with five stories. There will be parking for 1,750 vehicles in the garage. Plus another 318 of surface parking spots. Plans also include space for retail shopping, two or possibly three restaurants, and a bar.

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