DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED TO SPUR NEARLY 1,000 DIRECT, INDIRECT JOBS
MILWAUKEE (Tuesday, Jan. 17) – Potawatomi Bingo Casino, owned and operated by the Forest County Potawatomi Community, announced today it is building a $150 million hotel adjacent to Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley, creating new jobs and generating millions in additional revenue for the Milwaukee area.

The proposed hotel will be a 4-star/4-diamond level hotel with 382 rooms, a full-service spa and a casual-dining restaurant. The Tribe is hoping to break ground in late spring/early summer 2012. Construction is expected to last about two years.

“Since opening Potawatomi Bingo Casino more than two decades ago, the Forest County Potawatomi has shown a continued commitment to investing in Milwaukee,” said Mike Goodrich, Potawatomi Bingo Casino General Manager and Forest County Potawatomi tribal member. “A hotel development will strengthen the long-term sustainability of the Casino.”

The hotel will add about 230 permanent jobs to the 2,500 already existing at the Casino. Analysis shows about another 800 indirect jobs being created by other local businesses that will benefit from visitor, supplier and employee spending. An additional 995 jobs will be created during the project’s construction.

“We believe this hotel project is the next logical step, to not only ensure that Potawatomi Bingo...