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Paugussetts Eye Milford Jai-Alai
The Golden Hill Paugussetts may want to buy the former Milford Jai-Alai building on Old Gate Lane, possibly to convert the site into an entertainment or training complex for their proposed Bridgeport Casino
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CONNTACT.COM
11/1/2002
By: CONNTACT.COM
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MILFORD - The Golden Hill Paugussetts may want to buy the former Milford Jai-Alai building on Old Gate Lane, possibly to convert the site into an entertainment or training complex for personnel at a planned Bridgeport casino.
Milford Jai-Alai closed last December after more than 25 years, ironically because Indian casinos in the eastern part of the state had reduced the fronton's revenue.
DeForest Smith, the real estate broker representing the property's owners, said four of the six active bidders for the site would develop a retail center there.
“We've had talks about it with the Milford Jai-Alai people from the very early stages, and those options are still viable,” said Chief Quiet Hawk, also known as Aurelius H. Piper Jr. of Trumbull.
Although the 25-acre jai alai site would be too small for a casino, the tribe may purchase it for an economic development center or a training complex that would be an offshoot of its planned Bridgeport operations, said Paugussett spokesperson Aurelius H. Piper Jr. in published reports.
The tribe's plans, however, are dependent on federal recognition. A decision on that application may come in several months.
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