After more than a quarter-century operating businesses that serve as economic engines for the region and the state, employing thousands of people and providing millions of dollars to worthy causes, the casino-owning Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes have arrived, to put it mildly.
Then again, they were always here.
And therein lies James Gessner Jr.’s frustration with those who solely equate his Mohegan Tribe with the casino it runs, Mohegan Sun, not to mention its other gaming enterprises across North America, which annually generate more than $1 billion in revenue.
“It does drive me nuts that people think it’s the Mohegan Tribe Casino,” said Gessner, chairman of the Mohegan Tribal Council.
