Located on a mixture of former cornfield as well as a wooded, 675-acre site near I-94, Phase 1 of the construction includes a 225,000 square-foot casino and 165-room, six-story, all-suites hotel and parking structure. 'It's the first time that I've had the experience of working with union labor, and the skill of the workers is obvious. 'It's astonishing to see the level of craftsmanship on this project,' said John Miller, tribal chairman and president and CEO of the Four Winds Casino Resort.
Building trades workers on the job hail from Michigan, Indiana and even Chicago - the same areas that the casino and connected hotel hope to draw from when the gaming begins in August. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is sponsoring the construction project, which has put some 500 Hardhats to work at peak employment. A new hotel and casino are blowing into the extreme southwest corner of the state, in the form of the Four Winds Casino Resort, which is currently under construction.
