It’s hard to believe three years have gone by.” “We knew we needed something new to compete coming out of COVID and into the future. “We really started putting together this master plan for renovations in 2020,” Guyot said. He said $30 million had been invested in the area ― Foxwoods' sixth gaming floor, or casino, and, except for the 2021 addition of a DraftKings sportsbook, its first major gaming-area upgrade in years. Jason Guyot, Foxwoods’ president and chief executive officer, said walls that had hidden the Pequot Woodlands Casino’s construction came down last Wednesday, fueling anticipation among patrons and employees in advance of Tuesday’s 11 a.m. The new casino and the new restaurant flank celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen restaurant, which debuted last month.
Pequot Woodlands Casino, the new 50,000-square-foot gaming area, adds more than 400 slot machines and 24 table games to Foxwoods’ gaming mix, while Wahlburgers, the new restaurant, is associated with the Wahlberg family, including actors Donnie and Mark and their brother Paul, a chef who launched the chain more than a decade ago in Massachusetts.
Mashantucket ― Foxwoods Resort Casino’s ongoing transformation at the center of the property ― an $85 million project announced a year ago ― marked another milestone Tuesday with the official opening of a new gaming area and the unheralded “soft” opening of a fast-casual, celebrity-named restaurant.
