Senate President Wilton Simpson has shut down speculation surrounding the Fontainebleau Resort receiving a casino license in the upcoming Special Session, according to an interview from CBS Miami.

“We will not contemplate moving a casino license out to the Fontainebleau,” Simpson told CBS Miami.

The statement comes amid concern from critics that during the upcoming Special Session, when the Legislature is scheduled to reconvene to take up a new gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe, lawmakers would attempt to transfer resort owner Jeff Soffer’s casino permit from his Big Easy Casino in Hallandale Beach to his Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.