Finally, Last Call? Casinos, Yes; New London, No.

Southeastern Connecticut casinos agree with a Bridgeport lawmaker's relaunch of a plan to extend bar hours in some locations, although two leaders in New London don't think it will be a hot idea in the city.펀카지노 도메인 추천

Rep. state democracy Christopher Rosario introduced a bill that would establish a pilot program to serve alcohol until 4 a.m. at licensed facilities in Bridgeport, Danbury, Hartford, New Haven, New London, Norwalk, Stamford, Waterbury and West Hartford as well as Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun.쿨카지노 도메인 추천

Currently, alcohol can be sold until 2am on Friday and Saturday evenings and until 1am Sunday to Thursday. Rosario has made a similar plan in 2019, a year after the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe began pushing for a final call at Foxwoods Resort Casino before the opening of a competing casino in Springfield, Mass. Since then, state and local authorities in the Bay State have allowed late-season alcohol sales for "active" patrons gambling at MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor in Everett. In 2018, the Mashantucket and Mohegan tribes planned to build Connecticut's third casino in East Windsor, about 15 miles from Springfield, but the project was stopped.j9카지노 도메인 추천

"Our position is not changing," Jason Guyot, president and CEO of Foxwoods, said Monday of the long-term drinking. "We still think it's important to stay competitive with resorts in other states. … Customers have a choice whether we want to keep them in the state of Connecticut. "

Guyot said there's no better place for late-night bar service than a casino, pointing to Foxwoods' more than 2,000 restaurants and several hotels that can accommodate late-night players. He said there is no data to support the argument that later liquor hours will create dangerous traffic conditions because customers rush to make last calls at casinos. More than 30% of Foxwoods' customers are from Massachusetts, Guyot said.

"Mohegan's position is that a time like that (4 a.m.) will make us more competitive and maybe stop people blowing on the last call, we can do it faster," wrote CEO Chuck Bunnell, which Mohegan Tribe, in email. . "We also believe that if it is expanded to certain cities, it should be included in the casino license."

Rosario, expanding the scope of his debt, three years ago proposed the creation of a "night entertainment zone" to help customers in designated areas to compete with companies in neighboring states where drink until 4 am. He said that the competition mainly affects bars and entertainment. a site in Fairfield County that competes for millennials with a site in New York that has later hours of operation.

Attempts to reach Rosario on Monday were unsuccessful. "It's going to be a good thing for his neighborhood, but I don't know how something like that (after-hours) is going to be accepted here," said Michael Passero, the mayor of New London. “You're talking about the biggest city in the state (Bridgeport) and the smallest (New London). I don't feel good.”

Passero said he would like reassurance that residents have the right to opt out of any laws that extend bar service hours.

"It should be a community decision," he said. "I would like to make sure that the majority of the people in the country support it."

New London Police Chief Brian Wright said he was against Rosario's plan.

"As things go, bars and entertainment venues are often hot spots for the police department during lockdown," he said. "They attract a lot of resources. You extend their hours and you're going to stretch the resources around those areas for a long time. I don't think the benefits (of longer hours) would outweigh the potential risks."

"How much money are you really going to make in the next two hours?" asked Wright. "In Connecticut, law enforcement is generally understaffed."