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\tSPRINGFIELD – What was once a partnership between a prospective Western Massachusetts casino company and a Palmer landowner has resulted in a suit and countersuit.<\/p>\n
\tMohegan Sun has filed a lawsuit against Northeast Realty Associates, LLC, of East Longmeadow, which owns land where the casino company proposed to build a gaming resort.<\/p>\n
\tThe Boston Globe reports Mohegan seeks at least $22 million, citing documents filed Monday in Hampden Superior Court.<\/p>\n
\tThe Connecticut casino sought to build a $1 billion resort casino on Thorndike Street (Route 32), but voters in Palmer rejected the proposal by 93 votes in November.<\/p>\n
\tIn February, Northeast announced its intention to file suit against Mohegan Resorts Massachusetts and Mohegan Sun Massachusetts. The Palmer company claimed Mohegan Sun of Connecticut breached an exclusivity agreement and a covenant of good faith by pursuing a casino in Revere.<\/p>\n
\tThe suit, filed on behalf of Northeast Realty Associates, seeks an unspecified amount.<\/p>\n
\tMohegan also alleges exclusivity was breached. In the suit filed Monday The Globe reports Mohegan accuses Northeast manager Leon Dragone of working against the casino campaign. \u201cMore than just working separately from the Mohegan campaign, Dragone was a hindrance,\u201d The Globe reports Mohegan alleges in the suit.<\/p>\n
\tIn a February 20 article on Northeast Realty’s suit, The Republican’s Suzanne McLaughlin reported:<\/p>\n
\tAfter the Palmer vote, Northeast Realty manager Leon Dragone of Longmeadow said, \u201cThey (Mohegan Sun) weren\u2019t waiting for the final recount and yet they were telling us and the media they were, and also it took Suffolk Downs to confirm that they denied, that there were in discussions of partnership.\u201d
\n\tKevin Brown, Mohegan Tribal Council chairman, said the company remained committed to Palmer \u201cright up to and beyond Nov. 5.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tHe said there were never any considerations of other gaming options before the election, adding that Mohegan invested \u201ctens of millions of dollars and many thousands of hours\u201d in the project before voters in Palmer struck it down.<\/p>\n
\tSuffolk Downs and Mohegan Sun announced they were partners on a casino proposal for Revere a day after the Palmer casino was rejected a second time in a recount.<\/p>\n
\tRepresentatives of Mohegan Sun denied they had not seriously pursued the Palmer casino project, saying they spent $25 million since putting the 152-acre site in town in the exclusivity agreement in 2007.<\/p>\n
\tMohegan Sun continues to hold a 99-year lease on the Palmer property, and says it plans to explore non-casino development there.<\/p>\n
\tAfter learning of Mohegan’s countersuit, Northeast told The Globe, "Blaming others for their failures is a typical Mohegan Sun . . . response."<\/p>\n
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