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Four
Winds Casino South Bend Hosts Media Tour
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The new casino
is unveiled to media as it preps
for a January
16 grand opening
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South
Bend, IN – January 2018 / Newsmaker Alert / The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians’ Four Winds Casinos®
hosted a Media Tour Tuesday morning (January 9) at its newest property—Four
Winds South Bend®. Regional media were invited to a sneak peek inside
the nearly complete 175,000-square-foot facility. The casino opens to
the public at 4 p.m. on January 16.
Located
at 3000 Prairie Avenue in South Bend, the casino’s tour included stops
at many of the facility’s key locations: The Grand Rotunda, the gaming
floor, its restaurants—The Buffet, Kankakee Grille®, Copper Rock Steakhouse®
and Timbers®—its three bars and White Birch Market coffee shop, as
well as the Player’s Lounge and Outfitters retail store. Four Winds Casino
South Bend will have 1,800 games, including progressive machines linked
to a 16-state Native American progressive gaming network. The entertainment
complex will employ approximately 1,200 people.
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“This
is an exciting time for all of us and we’re so pleased to have you here
today for a preview of what our guests will enjoy beginning on January
16—our opening day,” said Frank Freedman, Chief Operating Officer of Four
Winds Casinos. “It’s amazing we broke ground on this project in December
2016, just over a year ago. We are opening as planned. A special thank
you goes to all the construction and planning crews—they do incredible
work as you will see.”
“Reflected
in this beautiful building are elements of copper rock, birch trees, all
elements native to our region and are important to the Potawatomi,” said
Bob Moody, Vice Chairman of the Pokagon Band. “This casino’s location near
the head of the Kankakee River is historically significant to the Potawatomi
as well; it was our area for trade and was called Zenba Odanek—or Ribbon
Town—because of items that were commonly traded along the St. Joseph River
in what is now South Bend. You’ll see in the rotunda how we’ve incorporated
some of these features in our design.”
South
Bend’s Copper Rock Steakhouse is a premier dining, white-tablecloth steakhouse
featuring prime USDA dry-aged steaks and over 450 wines. Kankakee Grille,
Four Winds’ newest restaurant concept, offers casual fine dining in a warm
and welcoming atmosphere. Its menu ranges from hot-stone tableside dishes
to rustic shared plates. The Buffet at Four Winds South Bend features cuisine
from around the world, fresh seafood and delicious desserts. Guests at
Timbers Fast Food & Deli® can choose from an array of menu items
including flatbread pizza, deluxe burgers, jumbo hotdogs, fries, hand tossed
salads, and oven-baked deli sandwiches all in a casual atmosphere.
Four
Winds South Bend will open to the public at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, January
16.
About
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
The
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians’ sovereignty was reaffirmed under legislation
signed into law by President Clinton in September of 1994. The Pokagon
Band is dedicated to providing community development initiatives such as
housing, education, family services, medical care and cultural preservation
for its approximately 5,000 citizens. The Pokagon Band’s ten-county service
area includes four counties in Southwestern Michigan and six in Northern
Indiana. Its main administrative offices are located in Dowagiac, Mich.,
with a satellite office in South Bend, Ind. In 2007, it opened Four Winds
Casino Resort in New Buffalo, Mich., followed by Four Winds Hartford in
2011 and Four Winds Dowagiac in 2013. Four Winds South Bend will open in
early 2018. It owns and operates a variety of business via Mno-Bmadsen,
the tribe’s non-gaming investment enterprise. More information is available
at www.pokagonband-nsn.gov,
www.FourWindsCasino.com
and www.mno-bmadsen.com.
About
Four Winds Casinos
Four
Winds New Buffalo, located at 11111 Wilson Road in New Buffalo, Mich.,
Four Winds Hartford, located at 68600 Red Arrow Highway in Hartford, Mich.,
Four Winds Dowagiac, located at 58700 M-51 South in Dowagiac, Mich., and
Four Winds South Bend, located at 3000 Prairie Road in South Bend, Ind.,
are owned by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. Four Winds New Buffalo
offers 130,000 square feet of gaming with more than 2,600 slot machines,
50 table games, five restaurants, entertainment bars, retail venues, a
pool, and a 415-room hotel, making it the premier gaming resort in the
Midwest. Four Winds Hartford features more than 550 slot machines, nine
table games, a 74-seat restaurant, and a 15-seat bar. Four Winds Dowagiac
features 400 slot machines, seven table games and one restaurant. Four
Winds South Bend will have 55,000 square feet of gaming space, 1,800 games,
four restaurants, three bars, a players lounge, a coffee shop, and a retail
outlet. Please play responsibly. You must be 21 years of age to gamble.
For more information on Four Winds Casinos, please call 1-(866)-4WINDS1
(866-494-6371) or visit www.FourWindsCasino.com.
Additionally, be sure to like Four Winds Casinos on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/fourwindscasino
and follow on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/fourwindscasino.
Media
Contacts:
Jill
Klinedinst
Melinda
Pierce
Big
Idea Company
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