Foxwoods Resort Casino
Foxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut on the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation. A complex of six casinos, the resort covers an area of 9,000,000 sq ft (840,000 m2). The casinos have more than 380 gaming tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and poker and have more than 4,700 slot machines. There are several restaurants within the casinos, among them a Hard Rock Cafe. Foxwoods has 2,266 hotel rooms and a two-story arcade for children and teens. It is now the largest casino in the United States at approximately 340,000 sq ft (32,000 m2) of gaming space.
The economic recession that began in 2007 took a heavy toll of receipts, and by 2012 both Foxwoods and its nearby rival the Mohegan Sun were deeply in debt. The New York Times said "Foxwoods is fighting for its life" with debts of $2.3 billion.
History
Foxwoods was founded in 1986 as a bingo hall. The casino was financed by Lim Goh Tong, a Chinese Malaysian who founded the only legal casino in Malaysia. Lim died in October 2007.
