Oxford Casino, about 45 minutes northwest of Portland, is one of two casinos in Maine, along with Hollywood Casino Hotel & Raceway in Bangor, which is owned by Pennsylvania-based Penn National Gaming Inc. They said there was going to be a hotel and a golf course and beautiful grounds. “They were saying it would be locally owned and operated,” Bailey said, “but people who own and operate casinos are casino operators - not local businesspeople. They said whatever they needed to say,” Mendros said.ĭennis Bailey, whose public relations firm in Portland led the campaign against the casino in Oxford in 2010, called the sale to an out-of-state operator “another broken promise.” “I’m surprised that it happened so soon after opening, but Oxford’s whole pitch about it being owned by Maine people was just an effort to get it to pass muster. “They sold a bill of goods to the people of Maine,” said Stavros Mendros, general manager of Great Falls Recreation and Redevelopment LLC, which tried to develop a casino in Lewiston but was rejected at the polls in 2011.

was the site contractor and Pittsfield-based Cianbro was the construction manager. The developers emphasized their Maine roots and made efforts to hire local building contractors. Subscribe - Holiday Gift Subscriptions Sign In My Account Logout Primary Menu ☰ X

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