FireKeepers Casino Hasn't Settled on Official Opening Date

FireKeepers Casino won’t announce a firm opening date, Marketing Director Mike Facenda said, opting instead to let the results of a series of test openings predict when the much-anticipated Emmett Township facility opens to the public.

Somewhere around the end of July or beginning of August, Facenda said, as many as four “simulation nights” will allow the casino’s roughly 1,500 employees to try their new trade on an exclusive set of invited guests. After that, casino officials and the tribal council of FireKeepers’ owners, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, will decide if operations need reworking or if they can open their doors soon thereafter.

For the complete story, please see Mike Facenda, Official: FireKeepers won't announce opening date, The Battle Creek Enquirer, July 1, 2009.