Men Charged In Attack

A security officer at the Blue Chip casino was attacked at the Blue Chip Casino resulting in arrests from two brothers.

According to the police report, the two brothers started attacking patrons at the casino.  When security showed up to break up the fight and escort the men out of the casino, one of them was attacked before other security guards could stop the attack.  Thankfully they responded very quickly.

Letting us all remember the difficult and dangerous job of being in security at casino's.  I post this because it seems that when we Pokagon Band of Potawatomi first tried to open a casino, we had so much difficulty, and a lot came from Blue Chip Casino, and it seems every week now the press has chosen to report anything that happens at this casino. I also notice that my blogging friends also like to report on this news.

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Nchiwenmo (I am happy) That this blogging thing works, many Mnowabmenagwze (beautiful)  stories have been covered by different bloggers since this blog started.  To see an example  Example of working together link

Over 1,000 bloggers started blogging on the Souix crises until Keith Oberman made it a personal promise to shed light on the situation.  I received a email from a Mnowabmenagwze (beautiful) Souix blogger to start blogging about the Souix issue. 

Strange but true

 

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Matt Field

 

The owners of Blue Chip Casino located in Indiana who are down by double digits in gaming revenue are being sued by the La Porte County Convention and Visitors Bureau because Blue Chip casino does not want to pay a tax meant to fund the neighboring county's tourism agency.

Blue Chip contends that they do not have to pay based on the recent court ruling from another Indiana casino that refused to fund tourism.

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Blue Chip Casino

A closer look at Blue Chip Casino shows the recent changes made, they just opened a new 22 story, glass-walled hotel that has many new upgrades to compete with Four Winds Casino Resort.  The hotel cost $130 million dollars.

The grand opening of the new hotel  was Thursday, January 21st, 2010.  Blue Chip Casino is 10 miles away from Four Winds Casino Resort.  The hotel was designed in shades of blue to mimic Lake Michigan, it includes a 15,000 square foot Stardust event center and 10,000 square foot Spa,  new bars, restaurant, and a Swimming pool.

 

Virtual Tour of Blue Chip Casino

Smoking ban heads toward house

A possible smoking ban in public places in Indiana has many concerned.  Ryan Soultz of Boyds Gaming Corp., brought up one of his company's major competitors Four Winds casino does not have a smoking ban because it is a tribal casino and that Blue Chip casino has already suffered a 30% loss in revenue. and that FireKeepers will reduce earnings even more...
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Indiana Bridge Closing Could Hurt Blue Chip!

A bridge closing in Indiana will hurt traffic coming from East Chicago to Blue Chip casino.  The Indiana Department of Transportation says the bridge will be closed permanently due to its diminished state and the amount of money required to repair it.
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*Possible land based Gary, Casino.

The consolidation of Gary, Indiana's two bankrupt casino boats are considering merging into one land based casino according to a Indiana state committee on gaming.

The committee estimates it would generate $11 million dollars for Indiana. But their is much concern since Four Winds Casino opened up, it resulted in a 30 percent fall in revenues for the Blue Chip casino.

A new casino in Des Plaines, Ill. Could hit the Indiana casinos and Four Winds Casino in a negative way. It is estimated that the Chicago Casino will take 3 to 5 percent additional revenues away from Blue Chip Casino.

Fort Wayne, Indiana is speculated to be the second choice if Gary, Indiana does not work out for the planners of the Gary Casino.