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Foxwoods Resort Casino Named “Casino Operator of The Year” at 2012 International Gaming Awards
February 3, 2012
North America’s Largest Resort Casino Recognized for Exceptional Service, Strategic Marketing and Technological Innovation
Mashantucket, CT (February 1, 2012) – Foxwoods Resort Casino is proud to announce it has been named Casino Operator of the Year in the highly-competitive 2012 International Gaming Awards (IGA).
“Foxwoods is truly honored to receive recognition as Casino Operator of the Year by the International Gaming Awards,” President and CEO Scott Butera said. “Winning this award is a reflection of our commitment to provide guests with exemplary service and an outstanding gaming and entertainment experience.”
The Casino Operator of the Year (Americas) award is given to the operator that has consistently and decisively dominated the casino sector during the year. Judges seek operators that have the vision, originality and vitality to set themselves apart from their competitors in a crowded marketplace. In addition to assessing property size, judges also focus on brand identity, marketing, guest service, innovation and use of new technologies. Past winners in this category include Harrah’s Entertainment (2011), the Sands Corporation (2010) and Wynn Resorts (2009).
Foxwoods –an award-winning property and North America’s premier entertainment destination – has received other prestigious recognition recently for its diverse and luxurious offerings. In 2011 and 2010, Connecticut Magazine honored a myriad of Foxwoods’ dining, entertainment and retail amenities in its “Best of Connecticut” issue. Casino Player Magazine also honored the property in its 2011 “Best of Gaming” issue, including it in the Best Poker Tournaments, Best Live Poker and Best Rooms (overall) categories. And AAA has honored several property amenities, including Grand Pequot Tower and Paragon, with its annual AAA Four Diamond Award for the past four years running.
About Foxwoods and MGM Grand at Foxwoods
North America’s largest casino, Foxwoods Resort Casino® is located at the Mashantucket Pequot Indian reservation in the midst of the rolling hills of southeastern Connecticut, easily accessible from Boston, New York, Hartford, and Providence. Owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, Foxwoods has something for everyone as the East Coast’s premier entertainment destination. Four award-winning hotels offer accommodations to suit every budget, along with luxury butler-serviced villas, extensive retail offerings, and more than 30 dining establishments featuring everything from world-class gourmet cuisine to casual fare. Six casinos offer non-stop gaming excitement with more than 6,400 slots and 350 table games; 97 poker tables in the only WPT World Poker Room™ on the East Coast; a High Stakes Bingo hall; and Ultimate Race Book. The renowned Norwich Spa at Foxwoods and the tranquil oasis of G-Spa provide the perfect escape to recharge the mind, body, and soul. Meetings and convention goers will find more than 115,000 square feet of meeting space, including the largest column-free ballroom in the northeast, MGM’s 50,000 square foot Premiere Ballroom. Two acoustically-perfected theaters offer weekly entertainment for all ages. The original state-of-the-art Fox Theater, seating 1,400, was opened in 1993 by the legendary Frank Sinatra. The majestic 4,000-seat MGM Grand Theater hosts an impressive variety of weekly headline entertainment. Conveniently located adjacent to Foxwoods is Lake of Isles™, featuring two 18-hole championship golf courses designed by Rees Jones and a state-of-the-art Golf Academy. Foxwoods supports responsible gaming, and plays a leadership role in the Connecticut Council of Problem Gambling, of which it was a founding entity. For more information, call 800-FOXWOODS or visit www.foxwoods.com.
About the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
The Mashantucket Pequots are a native Algonquin people in southeastern Connecticut, having endured centuries of conflict, survival, and continuity on and around one of America’s oldest Indian reservations, established in 1666. As the first native people within the borders of the continental United States to suffer attempted genocidal massacre by Puritan Colonists in 1637, the Pequots and their repatriation is an unprecedented story of restoration exhibited in detail at the Tribe’s world-class Museum and Research Center (www.pequotmuseum.org). Today the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation owns the largest resort casino in the world, Foxwoods Resort Casino (www.foxwoods.com), along with several other economic ventures including the Lake of Isles Golf Course (www.lakeofisles.com), a joint-venture partnership establishing the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, and Foxwoods Development Company dedicated to world-class resort development throughout the United States and Caribbean. All together, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation remains one of the State of Connecticut’s highest tax payers and largest employers. Likewise, the Tribe provides significant financial contributions to state and local nonprofit organizations that support neighboring communities.
