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"Jilted Palmer landowner suing Mohegan Sun" by Mark Arsenault | Globe Staff, February 20, 2014
Owners of the Western Massachusetts property where Mohegan Sun had originally proposed a casino will seek a court judgment to prevent the company from pursuing another gambling project at Suffolk Downs in Revere.
Northeast Realty Associates, which controls 152 acres in the town of Palmer, states in a lawsuit expected to be filed Friday that the casino company violated contracts with the landholder by allegedly engaging in secret talks with racetrack representatives. The lawsuit says the company then intentionally ran a lackluster referendum campaign for the Palmer project, contributing to its defeat at the polls in November.
The lawsuit comes less than a week before Revere residents go to the polls to decide a citywide referendum on Mohegan Sun’s plans to build a $1.3 billion gambling resort on land belonging to Suffolk Downs....
In a statement, Mohegan Sun said the Connecticut-based company “devoted over five years and more than $25 million to create a world-class resort casino proposal in Palmer. But on November 5, 2013 the community made a decision, which we have respected.”
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Mohegan Sun’s Palmer casino plans had been an early favorite for the Western Massachusetts resort casino license in 2008 — three years before casinos were even legalized in Massachusetts....
Palmer residents defeated the casino referendum by fewer than 100 votes....
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