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KBIC to spend $40M to remodel casinos

BARAGA – The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will spend up to $40 million to remodel its Ojibwa casinos in Baraga and Marquette by late 2017 or early 2018.

The Ojibwa Casino project in Baraga will cost about $6.5 million, and the Ojibwa II Casino in Marquette will cost about $33.5 million.

Both projects will move forward immediately until winter when more design and engineering will be developed. Construction will pick up in the spring until the projects’ completion.

KBIC certified the results of the referendum in mid-August. While voters supported the casino proposal 168 to 107, they turned down two others on the ballot.

“The office of the president is happy with the results of the referendum,” said President Chris Swartz. “The people have spoken.”

The KBIC says that the $33.5 million revision to its Marquette casino “would create a resort, an “Entertainment Mecca,” that will include a 100-room branded hotel, 1,200-seat entertainment venue, a full-service restaurant as well as a grill, a 400-seat conference center, and gaming space to accommodate up to 600 slot machines,” according to the Michigan Gaming report.

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