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Four Winds Casino opens to media

MICHIGAN -- As reported by the Detroit Free Press: "A gigantic new casino is poised to appear in the southwest corner of the state, attracting day-trippers and resorters from Detroit, Indiana and Chicago.

"It has more gaming space than Detroit's casinos, a woodsy, luxury lodge ambience, and will have a permanent hotel up and running before any of Detroit's gambling houses.

"...The Four Winds Casino Resort is to open today for news media tours and to the public at noon Thursday just off Exit 1 of I-94 near New Buffalo. It is one of three new casino locations expected to open in Michigan cities in the next year or two.

"...The hotel's construction and decor are woodsy enough to fit into the natural surroundings, but the focus is on luxury, he said. Earth tones dominate the design, with natural wood, granite and marble finishes. Suites have soffited ceilings, and some come with water walls. The linens are 300-plus thread count Egyptian cotton, and most of the hotel's rooms are 1 1/2 -room suites.

"A promenade that leads from the parking garage to the hotel will have four luxury retail shops selling jewelry and clothing on one side with the casino on the other. It is built to echo a traditional Native-American long house, he said, with birch wood overhead and granite floors..."

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