“The goal throughout this year is to announce new restaurants and new experiences every month,” said Guyot.īut not everyone is thrilled with the super-sized expansion. The 24-hour Grand Pequot Casino and Great Cedar Casino, and the Fox Tower Casino and Rainmaker Casino, which close during low-traffic days and times, will undergo redesign and general renovations to the main entrance, the Fox Tower - formerly the MGM Grand at Foxwoods - and the Great Cedar Tower will roll out over the next couple of years. “Now, no one in the Northeast, or even in the country can compete with us.” Jason Guyot, Foxwoods’ CEO Now, this fall, the 75,000-square-foot Rainmaker Expo Center will open for trade shows and live concerts. Foxwoods Resort Casino.įoxwoods also currently encompasses the 80-store Tanger Outlet Mall three hotels around 40 dining venues two theaters five event spaces two spas the impressive Mashantucket Pequot Museum featuring 85,000 square feet of permanent and visiting family-friendly exhibits the Lake of Isles golf course Foxwoods Extreme Adventure zip-line and go-kart track and the proposed nearby Preston RV Resort, a partnership with Maryland-based Blue Water Development Corp. (And likely a driver of motor traffic and construction - something derided by many local residents ever since Foxwoods first opened.)Ħ Foxwoods has a 59-store Tanger Outlet Mall. It will be a huge driver of foot traffic.” “It will be on 15 acres adjacent to Foxwoods, not directly a part of Foxwoods. Ground breaking is planned for June, with Great Wolf Lodge’s completion scheduled for 2024.“įoxwoods will become family-friendly on a massive scale,” said Jason Guyot, Foxwoods’ CEO. The biggest news is the addition of Great Wolf Lodge at Mashantucket, an indoor water park, family entertainment center and hotel.

Today, Foxwoods is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a big birthday cake cutting ceremony and announcements for extensive renovations and a massive expansion. Ten years ago this month, the New York Times gloomily declared in headline bold that Foxwoods - the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation’s Connecticut resort casino which started as a single bingo hall in 1986 - “is fighting for its life.” Surprise! ‘Thankful’ Paris Hilton secretly welcomes second child I celebrated my budget birthday for $30 inside a Costco - here’s how you can, too Woman celebrates 30th birthday at Costco: ‘Cheapest and best birthday dinner yet’ĭear Abby: My daughter was disinvited from her half-sister’s A-list wedding

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