Foxwoods Casino will return to bat Monday in City Council Chambers with the Committee on Rules pitching in a 10 a.m. hearing.
After repeatedly striking out last year before a Council intent on delaying construction of, or actually moving the$560 million slots parlor, Foxwoods officials return to seek a zoning change required to build on their site on South Christopher Columbus Boulevard in Pennsport.
The Supreme Court last fall handed the city's other planned slots project -- SugarHouse Casino -- all the city permits it needed, opining that City Council had purposely obstructed the project, but Foxwoods did not get a similar ruling. Instead, last month City Councilman Frank DiCicco offered a bill to provide Foxwoods its zoning only if it met a list of stringent conditions regarding impacts to traffic, the environment and local economy.
Monday is the first of four hearings requested by DiCicco to fully vet Foxwoods' application. A standing-room-only crowd is expected.
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