Kewadin Casino

Comments

• Jared

  January 2012

  Here is a link to a flythrough video of the casino. The video shows that the casino would start at Michigan Ave and have the same depth as Cooley Law School Stadium.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kVKcRyxV7tQ
• hood

  January 2012

  I'm not exactly happy to see that plot of land used up for a casino, I think a less appealing piece of land would do, perhaps the City's parking lot on Kalamazoo between Cedar and Larch. I do like the look of the casino, and I do like the way that it fills up the land next to the Lansing Center. I also like that there looks like there is a small building at the corner of Michigan and Cedar for a restaurant or some retail. What I don't understand is how they aren't going to build a hotel with it, I hope that they are making plans to partner with someone to get a hotel built if this thing goes through.
• hood

  January 2012

  The Radisson is a joke in my eyes, I don't like how the city has catered to them in the past and I can only hope (maybe I'm too optimistic) that the City is giving their opinion too much weight now.
  
  I agree that this along with Gillespie's developments will do big things for the area on the east side of the river. Perhaps if this goes through the Stadium District will become a true extension of downtown rather than seeming so isolated from the west side of the river.
  
  I'm really wondering what the chances are that this casino will actually happen though. I've been under the impression that there's virtually no chance that this will happen, but I have to wonder why Bernero and the Sault tribe would invest so much work into this if they though it was a futile effort. Maybe they know something we don't, or maybe they just figure that the potential benefits are so great that it's worth a shot.
• hood

  January 2012

  You're probably right, too bad public opinion doesn't much matter unless you can get the entire State behind you...
• hood

  January 2012

  Yeah it sucks, I would like to see powers allocated to the smallest levels of government as is practical. Things seem to be going in the opposite direction though.
• hood

  January 2012

  There are several documents on file for the Kewadin Casino: City of Lansing - Documents placed on file
  
  The one with the most details is the "Comprehensive Development Agreement."
• hood

  January 2012

  It is a disappointment to see that Market Place and Ballpark North will be further delayed but I understand why. Museum Drive being moved is going to eat into Marketplace's land to the point that some of the proposed buildings wouldn't fit anymore. Also, Gillespie may opt to build a hotel or focus more on retail and entertainment venues if the casino actually happens.
  
  I think that one of the best things you pointed out is the new street north of the ballpark. That should do a lot to make the area feel more urban, I'd really like to see that new road extended to Pere Marquette at some point though.
  
  While 2500 is a lot of parking spaces, it's a necessary evil of a casino. If we're lucky we'll see some ground floor retail in the other garages.
• hood

  May 2014

  Since our esteemed attorney general thought this decision was key to Lansing's casino I'll take this as a good sign: Supreme Court says Michigan can't block Indian casino
  
  I actually thinks this makes a new casino in Lansing very, very likely. I want to believe that Schuette will give up on the delay tactics at this point, but I don't have much hope.
• dj1997

  June 2014

  Perhaps the next step in the long process to bring a casino to Lansing. I'll take this as good news...
  
  LSJ: Attorney General withdraws Supreme Court petition against proposed Lansing casino
  
  
  It makes me wonder if this will happen:

  States have other options to stop casinos from operating off tribal lands, including denying gaming licenses and filing criminal charges against individual tribal or casino employees if they went ahead with one, the court ruled.
• hood

  June 2014

  It certainly adds to the momentum, I'm interested to see what the next steps are for both sides.