Detroit Casinos
The state of Michigan has authorized
commercial casino gaming in the city of Detroit. The three Detroit
casinos are each privately owned and operated. The casino operators
are regulated by the Michigan Gaming Control Board, which is the
state agency created in 1996 to oversee the casino
operators, suppliers and employees. The operators of the Detroit
casinos were each initially selected by the city of Detroit following a
competitive selection process. The initial selection of the casino
license holders was completed in 1997 by former Detroit Mayor Dennis
Archer, and affirmed by the Detroit City Council. Since the late
1990s the city and the casino operators have amended their casino
development agreements on several occasions. The current agreements
with each of the three operators, MGM Grand Detroit Casino, MotorCity
Casino and
Greektown Casino, were negotiated by current Detroit Mayor Kwame
Kilpatrick.
The casinos are currently operating in temporary
facilities that opened during 1999-2000. Construction of the
permanent casinos is underway and
they are scheduled to open
during the next 10 to 20 months.
Each casino
will have 100,000-square feet of gaming space, 400 hotel rooms,
conference space and various restaurants.
To obtain
more information on each of the Detroit casinos, please visit their
respective Web sites listed below.
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MGM
Grand Detroit Casino
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MotorCity Casino
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Greektown
Casino
