The Verifiable Truth: Plans were to establish an Indian Reservation in Foxtown

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Plans were to establish an Indian Reservation in Foxtown

In the mid-1990's casino syndicators Michael J. Malik, Sr., Tom Celani and the Ilitch Family in partnership witih Harrah's tried to locate an Indian casino for the Bay Mills Indian tribe 350 miles away from its reservation in downtown Detroit's Foxtown neighbborhood; an area where the Ilitch Family had established a significant stronghold and had plans to develop a new baseball stadium.

One plan envisioned money from the casino would be used to build the new baseball stadium but MLB's ban on involvement in/with gaming by owners, players and managers presented a roadblock.

An Indian Reservation? Right in Detroit?

May 27, 1995, Saturday
By IVER PETERSON (NYT); National Desk Late
Edition - Final, Section 1, Page 6, Column 1

LANSING -- Detroit has tried for decades to revitalize its moribund
downtown, but never before with so novel an approach as a proposal now on Gov. John Engler's desk: to create an Indian reservation in the heart of the city solely to establish casino gambling there. Michigan law prohibits casino gambling, ...

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Plans were to establish an Indian Reservation in Foxtown

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