Mohegan Sun "Sun-day"

Here's the news from Uncasville:

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Beautiful Blue Glass Structure Damaged
A Massachusetts man was arrested Sunday at Mohegan Sun after police said he damaged the 25-foot-tall River Blue glass sculpture created by world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly.Police said he did about $1,500 in damages. The 10,000-pound, 14-foot-wide sculpture is composed 2,500 colored glass components hand-blown by a team of artisans in Seattle and assembled on site in 2001. Other casinos that display his work include Bellagio in Las Vegas, Borgata in Atlantic City and Resorts World in Singapore. Dale Chihuly is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur. His works are considered unique to the field of blown glass, and according to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture."

More Shopping Planned
Mohegan Sun is planning to build a new shopping plaza of between 10 and 30 stores. The tribe and its casino are close to signing a partnership agreement for the building of the new plaza, but declined to name the venture partner. The plaza will be located near the casino’s Winter Entrance, the entrance that was Mohegan Sun’s original customer front entrance when it opened in 1996.
The plaza is a key part of Mohegan Sun’s drive to add amenities to make it stand out from gambling only casinos in nearby states,such as Twin River. It is also similar to the project that has already begun, creating a new shopping plaza at Foxwoods.

Sun Grid Improving for the Future
The Mohegan Sun, has selected Tantalus as the exclusive smart grid communications provider for the facility. Mohegan Sun will deploy the Tantalus Utility Network (TUNet®) for precise, real-time meter reading via a high-performance fiber backbone. Mohegan Sun joins a small number of casinos around the world to deploy a fully operational, independent smart grid solution at its facilities. (The casino’s electrical load requirement currently tops 25 MW, enough to power a small town.) Mohegan Sun will immediately utilize TUNet for meter reading automation and administration with the ability to incorporate future advanced energy management applications. With the addition of TUNet, the organization furthers its commitment to adopt the most efficient, technologically advanced solutions available while implementing the groundwork to accommodate future growth.

It looks like Mohegan Sun & Foxwoods are not taking the additional gaming & resort options in New England lightly. Plans to the future are already on the drawing board, being built or already in place.

That's all for now. One of the best ways to beat the heat of CT's first heat wave of 2013 is to make some royal flush heat of your own in the coolness of the casino. Remember:

1. only BRING the amount of money you can afford to bring
2. people watching doesn't cost money, (but please check out my posts on casino etiquette first), and
3. only SPEND the amount of money you can afford to spend!

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