The hotel will officially open this fall. The 18-story hotel features floor-to-ceiling windows with stunning views of Milwaukee, a full-service casual restaurant, lobby bar, exercise area and more than 10,000 feet of additional meeting space. Potawatomi Bingo Casino broke ground on its $150 million, 381-room hotel on July 12, 2012. “This will be very important as we attract new visitors from outside the area.” “The new name also makes it clear what we offer,” Goodrich added. Much like Michael Cudahy’s vision.As an established brand, we felt it was important to retain a name that people know and recognize.” The rest of the central city (the folks who need the system the most) should still be connected with a route that runs up Fond du Lac Avenue from the Intermodal Station (thereby linking up almost all of downtown).

Read more… Could Milwaukee leverage the Potawatomi Casino in the Menomonee Valley to grease the wheels on funding for a light rail system? Connecting the casino with the new Milwaukee Intermodal Station, Miller Park, the companies in the Menomonee Valley, State Fair Park, and the new UWM campus on the County Grounds (along with the Zoo) would provide a smooth route that connects many major landmarks and a decent amount of jobs.

The casinos are contracting with NJ Transit to operate the trains. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer (as reposted by the biglittler blog here), Atlantic City casinos are getting together to fund the operating deficit of express train service between New York City and their boardwalk to appeal to 25-34 year olds who don’t like sitting in traffic. My new Palace Expansion Originally uploaded by marcosparco Here’s a radical thought, let’s leverage casinos to build a transit system in Milwaukee. Could The Potawatomi Casino Help Pay For Light Rail in Milwaukee?

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