Mohegan Sun

The Mohegan Sun resort and casino located in Uncasville, Connecticut is the world's second largest casino with over 1,000 hotel rooms and 300,000 square feet of gaming space, Neighboring Native American casino Foxwoods is the largest. The resort, which opened in 1996, was originally developed and managed by Trading Cove Associates a joint venture of the Mohegan tribe and Sol Kerzner's Kerzner International (Formerly Sun International). In 2000 Trading Cove Associates gave complete control of the resort to the Mohegan tribe; Kerzer International remains a TCA shareholder and will still receive a 5% dividend on the gross revenue generated by Mohegan Sun until 2014. On January 25, 2005, Mohegan Sun acquired its first gaming venture outside of Connecticut with its $280 million purchase of the Pocono Downs Racetrack in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania from Penn National Gaming. Mohegan Sun renamed the property "Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs" and began a major expansion.

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Uncasville, Connecticut - Foxwoods - 1996 - Mohegan - Sol Kerzner - Kerzner International - 2000 - January 25 - 2005 - Connecticut - Pocono Downs - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Penn National Gaming

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The Mohegan Sun Arena located adjacent to the resort is a 10,000 seat facility which hosts the Connecticut Sun a WNBA basketball franchise that is owned by the Mohegan tribe, as well hosting music concerts by Shania Twain, The Doors, Yes, Reba McEntire, Simon and Garfunkel as well as comedy performances by Drew Carey and the annual American Kennel Club's Challenge Dog show.

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Connecticut Sun - WNBA - Shania Twain - The Doors - Yes - Reba McEntire - Simon and Garfunkel - Drew Carey - American Kennel Club

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