SEALED
SEALED AND DELIVERED >> SIGNED, SEALED, AND
DELIVERE IS ON THE BRINK
OF BECOMING LEGAL.
THIS EARNING MONTH, WE HEAR FROM
THE -- THIS MORNING, WE HEAR
FROM THE TWO TRIBES READY TO GET
IT UP AND RUNNING.
RGETS A AND THEN, DECLARING RAC
PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM.
A BILL JUST INTRODUCED IN THE
STATE HOUSE WILL DO JUST THAT.
ITN
THE
THE SENATE STATE SENATOR KEVIN KELLY.
IT'S ALL TODAY ON THE REAL
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR
JOINING US
JOINING US >> IT'S A HISTORIC MOMENT.
CONNECTI EXPANDING GAMING IN
OUR STA AND DOING IT ALONGSIDE
THE STATE'S TWO FEY
RECOGNED TRIBES, THE
LEGISL SPOR BETTING THE
GREEN LIGHT, GOVERNOR LAMONT
SIGNING IT.
SIGNING IT. GOVERNBEEN SAYING
GOVERNBEEN SAYING HE'S CONFIDENT THAT THE STATE
WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER GAMING AND
SPORTS BETTING AT THE START OF
THE SEASON.
THE SEASON. GOOD MOR BOTH.
GOOD MORNING, JEN.
>> THANKS FOR HIN US.
>> APPRECIA YOU BOTH COMING
ON.
ON.
ON. THIS
ON. THIS COULD HAVE GONE SEVERAL
WAYS, AND IT ALMOST
DIYOU REACTION.
DIYOU REACTION. FIRST YOU, RODNEY.
WELL, FIRST, LET ME
CONGRATUE RAY.
CONGRATUE RAY. FOR US, IT WAS A PROUD MOMENT
HAVING OUR FIRST MOHEGAN LEADER.
YOU KNOW, LOOK.
IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ROAD,
JEN, AND AS YOU KNOW AND YOUR
AUDIENCE KNOWS, WE'VE BEEN ON
THIS SHOTIMES, SPEAKING --
SHOW MANY TIMES, SPEAKI UP AND
SAYING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AND
IT FINALLY DID.
EVERYONE GOT TOGETHER AND
REALIZED THE BIGGER PRIZE FOR
THE STATE AND THE TRIBE.
IT'S MONUMENTAL.
IT'S MONUMENTAL. THIS IS THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC
EXPANSIO THAT THE STATE HAS
SEEN IN PROBABLY A DECADE.
GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL
GAMIN AGREEMENT, THERE'S
NOTH THAT'S GOING TO
CONTRIBU MORE TO THE STATE
COFFERS THAN THIS, AND WE'RE
FINALLY HE AND READY TO SUBMIT
OUR CONTACTS TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR.
OF INTERIOR. >> THERE WAS A MOMENT THERE
WHERE MOHEGAN TRIBE HAD MADE THE
AGREEME, A YOU ALL HAD NOT
SIGNED OFF, AND FOR A MOMENT, IT
SEEMED LIKE IT WAS ALL GOING TO
FALL APART, BUT YOU ALL WERE
ABLE TO COME TO A CONCLUSION.
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
ANY TIME YOU HAVE NEGOTIATIONS
BETW THREE PARTIES, YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE MOMENTS WHERE NOT
EVERYB AGREES, BUT
ULTIMATE OUT,
ULTIMATE OUT, AND WE CAME UP WITH A DEAL THAT
IS INCREDIBLY -- IT'S GOING TO
BE INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL FOR
ALL. TO BE IN THIS POSITION TO
FEELS TREMENDOUSLY -- I
TY HAPPY TO BE IN THIS
POSITION THAT WE CAN SEE A
CHANGE IN GAMING LEGISLATION IN
CONNECTIUT AND I THINK THAT
WHAT HAS ULTIMATELY BEEN PUT
FORTH AS GAMING LEGISLATION IN
CONNECTI THAT IS GOING TO BE
BENEFICI NOT ONLY FOR THE TWO
TRIBES BUT FOR THE GOVERNMENT
AND THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. E
BECAU EVEN IF THE BUREAU OF
INDIAN AFFAIRS APPROVES THIS,
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF LOGISTICS
BEHIND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN
NEXT.
NEXT.
NEXT. I
NEXT. I HEARD THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
INDIAN AFFAIRS HAS 45 DAYS TO
BEEN
BEEN
BEEN SUBMITTE
BEEN SUBMITTEO WE KNOW THAT THE PLAN
BEEN SUBMITTED AT THIS POINT?
>> WE HAVEN'T SUBMITTED IT, BUT
WE'RE HOPING TO SUBMIT IT IN THE
WEEKS.
WEEKS.
WEEKS. 45
WEEKS. 45 DAYS IS THE MAX THEY
THEY JU REVIEWED COMPACTS THAT
WERE SUBMITTED FOR GAMING IN
ARIZONA IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS.
LITERALLY, CONVERSI WITH
INTERIOR, WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT
WE CAN GET THIS DONE CERTAINLY
WITHIN T FRAME.
> RAY, ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC THAT
WE'LL GET THIS DONE AT THE START
OF THE NFL SEASON?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS
SOMETHIN THA WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON A LONG TIME,
SOMETHI THAT WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON IN THE BACKGROUND AND
SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN HOPING FOR.
E ALL BEEN CONFIDENT THAT AT
SOME POINT IN TIME THIS WOULD
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PARTNERS
AND TALKING WITH PROVIDERS AND
THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN KEEP
MOVING FOR THIS, SO I
THINK WE'RE ALL POSITION
OURSELS TO BE READY FOR THIS
DAY TO M HAVE THE MOHEGANS NAME
OURSELS TO BE READY FOR THIS DAY TO M HAVE THE MOHEGANS NAMER
SPORTS BETTING VENDOR AT THIS
POINT?
POINT?
POINT? >>
POINT? >> WE HAVE NOT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT CONNECTICUT
AA TREMENDOUS SOUGHT AFTER
MARKET BECAUSE IT HAS LIMITED
PARTIC OR LIMITED
CAPACIT
CAPACIT
CAPACIT LOOK AT PLACES LIKE
PENNSYLV AND NEW JERSEY,
THEY'D ALL LOVE TO BE IN
CONNECTI WHICH IS A
FANTASTI STATE TO BE IN A
LOT OF WEALTH.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF
GAMING KNOW WHEN
THE TIME COMES, WE'LL BE
SELECTIN OUR GAMING PARTNER TO
TRIBAL NATIONS, WE HAVE SO
MUCH IN COMMON ON OUR GOALS AND
INTEREST BUT OF COURSE, WE'RE
COMPETIT AS WELL, SO THEY'RE
BATTLES EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT
THE BROADER ISSUES, THE
LEGISL ISSUES, WE WALK ARM
IN ARM WITH OUR COUSINS ON AN
EVERY DA THIS IS NO
DIFFEREN TAN PAST INITIATIVES,
SO I'M CERTAIN OF THAT.
>> CORRECT M I ON
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. BE
THIS. BE IT'S GOING TO BE ON YOUR
PHONE OR COMPUTER, YOU ALL ARE
GOING TO BE COMPETING FOR
PEOPLE'S ATTENTION O THEIR
PHONES AND STUFF, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. THIS THE CLASSIC
PROXIM MOHEGAN SUN, BUT AS
RAY POINTED OUT, IT'S TREMENDOUS
FOR THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT AE
RAY, YOU BOTH RE ABOUT THIS BE
STARTED THE PROGRAM. CROWDS?
I THINK IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO WEEKS
IN CONNECTICUT THAT THE MASK
GUIDELES HAV CHANGED.
IF I REMEMBER, RODNEY, YOU WERE
STILL HAVING CROWDS WEAR MASKS
IN YOUR CASINOS.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE CROWD IS
COMING BACK?
COMING BACK? >> JEN, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE LAST 15 MONTHS HAVE BEEN AN
INCREDIB TUMULTUOUS TIME
DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
WE SAW SOME PARTICULARLY
STRONGER TIMES RIGHT AFTER WE
REOPENED
REOPENED
REOPENED WE REACHED THE HEIGHT OF THE
PANDEMIC IN THE FALL, EARLY
WINTER TIME.
WINTER TIME. I THINK SINCE JANUARY, WE'VE
SEEN A STEADY RETURN TO
NORMALC
NORMALC
NORMALC WE OPENED UP MOSTLY TO FULL
CAPACITY. SOME THINGS THAT
REMAIN CLOSED, SUCH AS OUR
BUFFET AND VALET REMAIN CLOSED.
I SENSE OF OPTIMISM
FROM OUR GUESTS IN RETURNING.
WE'RE NO QUITE AT 100%, BUT
WE'RE CLIMBING TOWARDS THAT, AND
HOPEFULL WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE
GROWTH. RODNEY?
GROWTH. RODNEY? >> YEAH, I AGREE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT
ONLY THE TEAM FEELS SAFE BUT THE
GUESTS FEEL SAFE, AS WELL.
IT WASN'T LIKE MAY 19, AND IT'S
AN EXPLOSION OF ALL THE PEOPLE
COMING IN, BECAUSE OF THE WORK R
PATRONS HAVE BEEN FEELING
COMFORTA FOR QUITE SOMETIME.
WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE COMING OUT
SIGNIFIC IN THE PAST FEW
WEEKS, CERTAIN LEADING UP TO
THE MAY 19 DATE.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE AND SEE
THEIR SMILES AGAIN AND HAVING A
GOOD TIME AND ENJOYING ALL THAT
HE TO OFFER AT OUR
FACILITI I KNOW.
I'M STILL PUTTING ON MY MASK
WHEN I WALK INTO FACILITIES.
SHOULD I?
SHOULD I?
SHOULD I? SHOULD I NOT?
IT'S A DECISION, THAT'S FOR
SURE.
SURE.
SURE. I
SURE. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON AND
TALKING ABOUT THIS HISTORIC
GAMING LEGISLATION. ALL RIGHT.
COMING UP ON THE REAL STORY,
DECLARIN RACISM A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS.
CRISIS.
CRISIS. THE BILL WOULD IGNITE A DEEPER
CONVERSA ON THE IMPACT THAT
RACIS CREATES, AND WE'LL DIG
DEEPER INTO BILL.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN, AND WHAT WILL
IT DO?
IT DO?
IT DO? THE
AND
AND WHAT
AND WHAT WILL IT DO?
IT DO?
IT DO? THE REAL