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Michigan casino study will take time

ROMULUS, Michigan – As reported by the Detroit News: "Slot machines won't whirl in Romulus anytime in the near future.

"An environmental impact study on the site of a proposed tribal casino will start next month but could take up to five years to complete, according to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.

"With the study, opposition from other Michigan casinos and the sponsoring tribe's distance from Romulus, tribal gaming experts say it's highly unlikely the new casino ever will be approved.

"The 780-member Hannahville Tribe of Potawatomi Indians, which has a 5,800-acre reservation near Escanaba in the Upper Peninsula, has filed an application with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to build a $250 million casino. The gambling hall and hotel would be on 24 acres at the northwest corner of Vining and Wick roads in Romulus, about half a mile north of Detroit Metropolitan Airport…"

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