He said the Seneca operation has become the only full-service casino in New York complete with slots and liquor. Repairs needed to be made to the roof, which still leaks in spots, and the building’s motif was changed from 1970s bowling alley to a somewhat gaudy trees-and-forest theme.īrown, the former chief executive of Foxwoods, helped build the Connecticut Indians’ business from a 60,000-square-foot cinder block bingo hall into the world’s biggest casino. Michael “Mickey” Brown recalled what it looked like when the state turned it over to the Senecas on Sept. Touring the casino recently, Seneca Corp.

But I got my business and I paid the debt in a year,” he said. “When I started my business, I couldn’t get a bank loan. But Schindler, a smoke shop operator, said the rate is not extraordinary. The corporation is paying 29 percent interest to its financial backer, the Malaysian Lim family that bankrolled Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Schindler worked closely with Pataki on the gaming compact. He replaced Cyrus Schindler, a former ironworker now working as chairman of Seneca Niagara Falls Gaming Corp., the entity created to operate the casino. “We’ve been depending on grants for a long time.” “I’m looking to maximize our revenue-generation capabilities … to strengthen our economy and strengthen our sovereignty status,” said Rick Armstrong, who recently defeated an anti-casino rival to become Seneca president. Baltimore Sun eNewspaper Home Page Close Menuīut for two relatively violence-free years of debate, the supporters of gaming represented by the Seneca Party have built a team of high-powered lobbyists, casino experts, lawyers and politicians to pitch gambling as a way out of centuries of poverty.

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