The U.S. Department of Interiors Bureau of Indian Affairs permitted the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians to begin building a casino on the 144,000 square foot Four Winds Casino Resort. The estimated cost of the new casino is 160 million dollars and it scheduled to be open next year.
This new casino will add another option to Michigan residents who seek legal gambling location. Nowadays, gamblers from Muskegon usually visit Manistees Little River Casino or Mount Pleasants Soaring Eagle Casino, both tribal casinos.
The casino will be located on a 675 acre site in Berrien County in New Buffalo, close to Lake Michigan and to the Indiana border. The construction work is scheduled to start by the end of spring or the beginning of summer. It is planned to be open by next year spring.
