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Casino foes fear Massachusetts casino will grow28 August 2007MASSACHUSETTS -- As reported by the Boston Herald: "Proposed $1 billion casino by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in Middleboro, already facing mounting concerns over its impact, could wind up being just the first installment of a much larger buildout, industry experts and critics suggest. "The tribe has said repeatedly it wants to replicate Mohegan Sun, which has been held up as a 'model.' "But the Wampanoag's $1 billion proposal, despite what seems to be its enormous size, falls far short of that goal, experts say. "The proposed Middleboro casino would have to triple in size before it rivaled, let alone overtook, the Connecticut gambling resort, said Clyde Barrow, a gambling industry expert and professor at the University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth. "...Scott Ferson, a spokesman for the tribe, said there are no plans to expand beyond the proposal that has been laid out, which includes a 1,500-room hotel, shops and restaurants, and 150,000 square feet of gambling space, and a golf course..." |